VATICAN CITY (RNS) – After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now ...

The Vatican's nativity scene reopens to the public, but without the controversial Palestinian symbol.

Greccio, Italy, reenacts a living Nativity scene paying homage to Saint Francis of Assisi, who is credited with starting the ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

Later during the Christmas season, you might want to watch the 1949 film Come to the Stable that tells the story of Regina ...

The U.S. gained its 26th UNESCO World Heritage Site this summer. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Moravian settlement joined ...

For the second consecutive year, the city of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank is commemorating Christmas this year without ...

Every Christmas season, Christians honor the birth of Jesus by putting up Nativity scenes.The Gospels record the first ...

The Nativity scene, often depicting animals like oxen, sheep, and camels, serves as a reminder of humanity's historical ...

OXFORD, NY (WBNG) -- For the third year, the Vincent family hosted a live nativity scene at its family home in Oxford.

Bethlehem Village came to life in Afton as hundreds gathered in the cold to witness the recreation of the birth of baby Jesus. Created by Hebron Baptist Church, the live Nativity, which includes ...