It’s a well-known origin story: how the young and wealthy Francis of Assisi freely abandoned his noble patrimony to serve Christ’s Church as a poor, itinerant preacher. One of the world’s most beloved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 7, 2024, Pope Francis publicly showed off the Vatican's 2024 Christmas decorations: a Nativity scene and Christmas tree in ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday spoke during his last general audience before Christmas on the importance of approaching the coming of Christ with “joy” and “amazement,” noting that the first Nativity scene ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Around the Christmas season, it is common to see a display of the Nativity scene: a small manger with the baby Jesus and his ...

Pope Francis blessed a Nativity scene on Saturday that was handmade by artisan craftsmen in Guatemala. Guatemala’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mario Búcaro led a delegation that traveled from the ...

HAVE MIXED OPINIONS. THIS CONTROVERSIAL NATIVITY SCENE AT A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DEDHAM WILL REMAIN THE ARCHDIOCESE, SENDING THE PARISH A LETTER CALLING IT A DIVISIVE POLITICAL DISPLAY AND TO REMOVE THE ...

Sandro Botticelli, "The Mystical Nativity" (1500), oil on canvas, held at the National Gallery, London (photo via Wikimedia Commons) The Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola had been martyred less than ...

If the concept of kenosis — a self-emptying of one’s own will in favor of complete conformity to the will of God — is best applied to Jesus’ Passion, another term can be applied to the Nativity: ...

Nativity scenes set up during last year’s The Gift of the Nativity, a free event hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This year’s event will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The ...

Restoration is set to begin at the grotto of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem for the first time in 600 years. The ...