The Nativity Store in Manger Square in Bethlehem has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to pilgrims ...

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The story so far: As State measures to determine identity and citizenship roil the country and result in sharp socio-political polarisation, the Kerala government has gone ahead with its decision to ...

For many sewers, choosing paper patterns from one of Simplicity McCall’s ‘big four’ brands was an in-store ritual. But others say digital patterns are the way of the future Decades ago, in the ...

Learn about the painting that inspired a family’s sacred art. LifeSize Great Nativity Set: The Great Nativity, which was unveiled at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in 2021, is ALBL Oberammergau’s ...

GRECCIO, Italy (OSV News) — Eight centuries ago St. Francis of Assisi came to this hillside village to show the world that God chose to be born among the poor, staging the first Nativity scene in a ...

For generations, Italian craftspeople have built scenes depicting Jesus’ birth, sometimes including figures of celebrities. This year, some are adding statuettes of President Trump. Figurines of ...

A small South Carolina town committee refused to remove a Nativity scene from a market parking lot after the mayor ordered it taken down from public property. Around Thanksgiving, Kimberly Byrd, head ...

In a manger in front of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, the baby Jesus’ hands are bound with plastic zip ties. Roman centurions in sunglasses and camo jackets stand menacingly over him, ...

A church in Texas is sparking debate after erecting a nativity scene that depicts Mary, Joseph and Jesus as modern-day immigrants locked in a metal cage wrapped in barbed wire. Oak Lawn United ...

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday told the clergy leaders whose churches have used Christmas Nativity scenes to protest immigration enforcement to “get a grip and seek ...

Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded, according to an associate minister, by replacing it with a sign ...