During the end of every calendar year, a particular holiday performance pops up in African American communities and cultural centers across the nation. “Black Nativity” is a cherished cultural ...

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The Nativity scene was crafted by artists from Bethlehem ... told RNS that Palestinian officials had placed the keffiyeh, a black and white checkered scarf that has come to symbolize the ...

VATICAN CITY: “The enchanting image of the Christmas crèche, so dear to the Christian people, never ceases to arouse amazement and wonder”, says Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter “Admirabile Signum ...

A protester associated with the women’s movement FEMEN storms the Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Dec. 27, 2024. The organization said on its website that the act was intended to ...

God of every nation and people, from the very beginning of creation you have made known your love: when our need for a Savior was great you sent your Son to be born of the Virgin Mary. To our ...

The classic nativity scene many of us have in our head might look vastly different depending on where you grew up, while the players might change, the story is still the same — a virgin — Mary ...

One of the things we put up as part of our Christmas decorations is a Nativity scene that we sewed together a couple of years ago. It has all the normal characters including the wise men (which we put ...