VATICAN CITY (RNS ... The unveiling of the nativity scene in St Peter’s Square is taking place right now. It was a gift from the Abruzzo region in Italy, while the 98 ft tree is from ...

More than 700 tons of sand was trucked in from northern Italy. Rome -- The Vatican unveiled its novel Nativity scene for Christmas in St. Peter’s Square Friday afternoon -- sculpted completely ...

A seasonal nativity scene at the Vatican has been removed after backlash over its depiction of the baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional scarf used by Palestinians as a national symbol ...

The Vatican’s 2020 nativity scene ... traditional reading of the nativity scene.” Past nativity scenes were kept relatively traditional, with the very first nativity scene appearing in ...

The Vatican’s Nativity scene, which is different every year ... In addition to the traditional Nativity figures of Mary, Joseph, the child Jesus, and the ox and donkey, the life-size painted ...

The Vatican unveiled its annual Nativity scene earlier this evening ... In addition to the figures of Mary, Joseph, St. Francis and the traditional ox and donkey, the 13th-century mayor of ...

The Vatican’s nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square is always ... “And so within the work we find eccentric statutes compared to the traditional figures of the nativity, such as the ...

The nativity scene also features a traditional reed hut used by lagoon fishermen set in an environment from the early 20th century. VATICAN CHRISTMAS: The Vatican illuminated this year's Christmas ...

On Dec. 7, 2024, Pope Francis publicly showed off the Vatican's 2024 Christmas decorations: a Nativity scene and Christmas ... a scarf traditional to the Palestinian people. In his address ...

VATICAN CHRISTMAS ... 95-foot-tall red spruce hails from a forest in Trento, Italy. The nativity scene also features a traditional reed hut used by lagoon fishermen set in an environment from ...