VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican had hinted the controversial keffiyeh would be put back in the Nativity scene on Christmas Eve.

A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy this week for including a Palestinian keffiyeh with the child Jesus in the manger — but according to the project ...

Even Pope Francis has drawn criticism for inaugurating a Vatican nativity with baby Jesus wrapped in the scarf that has become a symbol of pro-Palestine activism.

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Late royal Queen Elizabeth II has a brief role in Paddington in Peru after appearing alongside the lovable bear in a 2022 Jubilee short film.

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Houston resident Elizabeth Francis, the oldest person in the U.S. and the third-oldest person in the world, died at the age of 115 on Tuesday.

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Conservative Catholics have lashed out against a “dangerous” and “blasphemous” church nativity scene in Italy that features two mothers of the baby Jesus instead of Mary and Joseph figurines.

Traditional Byzantine icons of the Nativity depict this by showing the swaddled infant in a manger that could also represent a coffin, his wrapping cloths like those used in burial.

Actor Ben Wilby who shot to fame as the adorable Bob in the hilarious British comedy film Nativity! looks unrecognisable as she sports a more mature look 14 years after hit film ...

Elizabeth Lev's book on St. Joseph delivers a lively overview of his evolution throughout the centuries in the mind and heart of the Church.