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A nativity scene is pictured in Luceram, southeastern France. (Yann Coatsaliou/AFP/Getty Images) Jesus is the reason for the season, they say. This is undoubtedly true, but despite what Nativity ...

Vatican's Keffiyeh Nativity Scene Raises Eyebrows and Then Disappears — at Least Until Christmas Eve VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. There won’t be a manger scene in Manger Square this year. Bethlehem’s civic authorities judged festive Christmas decorations to be unsuitable for wartime.