The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf ...

A near life-sized nativity scene that used to be at the former Woodwards Department Store is now on display at a downtown church. The Christ Church Cathedral is displaying the solid wood nativity ...

The near life-size nativity scene, made up of 11 pieces of solid wood figures carved in Italy in the early 1950s, takes up almost the whole alcove adjacent to the pews. It's a spiritually ...

The Vatican has removed the kefiah from the large wooden nativity scene that was gifted to the Pope by the artisans of Bethlehem, in front of which he was captured in prayer, sparking an ...

Last year, it was the Lutheran reverend, Munther Isaac, who placed a Baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh on a pile of rubble in the nativity scene he set up in his chapel in the West Bank, sparking a ...

Nativity sets, a familiar part of holiday decor, are becoming simpler and more abstract with some scenes made out of sleek glass or labeled wooden blocks. While they’re unusual, they also spark ...

The life-sized wooden figures were carved in 2021 out of cedar tree trimmings. The Vatican said no trees were cut down solely for the purpose of making the nativity scene.

My family’s Nativity scene, like so many others that will appear during the holiday season, has some notable inaccuracies. It portrays a fair-skinned holy family, not a Middle Eastern one.

The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf ...