Francis’ meditations on the life of Christ led him to create the first-ever Nativity ... manger. The friar had, during his audience with the pope, already received permission to stage the scene ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added ... birth to a very special Jewish baby in a manger in the Jewish town of Bethlehem. It’s a story that shouldn’t be politicized by the Vatican.” ...

A woman, who has collected more than 130 nativity scenes from ... local materials to show the manger scene and to show their own interpretation of the Christmas story. " The Rector of Girton ...

City workers have set up the enormous Christmas tree on the green fronting City Hall, as well as the Nativity scene just ... from the plywood floor of the manger scene. The short answer is yes.

It’s a well-known origin story ... Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord. St. Francis’ meditations on the life of Christ led him to create the first-ever Nativity scene in Greccio, Italy ...