Editor's Note: Please click on the photo's arrow to peruse the images in our Nativity gallery. The Vatican unveiled its annual Nativity scene this Advent season, paying special tribute to the origins ...

ROME — The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday and lit the 82-foot Christmas tree that towers above it in St. Peter’s Square as a band, chorus and dancers in traditional costumes from Italy’s ...

PLAINVIEW – Christmas has arrived early at Wayland Baptist University’s Mabee Regional Heritage Center, where an all-new collection of Carolyn Cunningham’s international Nativity scenes is on display.

Victoria-Maria Geyer's Christmas nativity scene with faceless characters being unveiled at the Grand-Place in Brussels on November 28 (photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP via Getty Images) If you need any ...

There's a world record for everything, including the world's largest live nativity scene. With any record, come all the ...

This small village has a rich religious history, being credited with starting the tradition of live Nativity scenes. Located in the Lazio region of Italy, the town of Greccio is where Saint Francis of ...

(RNS) — At first glance, the Nativity scene outside Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, has all the traditional hallmarks: Figures resembling Mary and Joseph stand near a baby Jesus, who rests ...

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, ...

Pope Francis marked his 87th birthday on Sunday with a party and cake for children before he kept his weekly appointment for the Sunday Angelus. The children got special attention there too, as many ...

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