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How St. Francis created the Nativity scene, with a miraculous event in 1223
Around the Christmas season, it is common to see a display of the Nativity scene: a small manger with the baby Jesus and his family, shepherds, the three wise men believed to have visited Jesus ...
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Quincy's Nativity scene is now on display. A history of theft, vandalism and controversy
The Nativity scene, also called a creche ... Police said they had been pried from the plywood floor of the manger scene. The short answer is yes. The longer answer lies in a 1984 Supreme Court ...
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Vatican decides not to put keffiyeh back in Nativity
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its ...
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Here's how a viral dog nativity scene came together in Massachusetts
She tells WBZ-TV that her some of her clients had seen versions of of dog nativity scenes online ... well-behaved dogs posing in front of a manger. They're all dressed in costume as biblical ...
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Lessons Learned from Contemplating the Nativity Scene
At that Christmas in Greccio, when St. Francis set up the manger scene in church for the first ... May God grant us this grace. Keywords: nativity of jesus celebrating christmas Archbishop ...
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Historic Italian village credited for first-of-its-kind Christmas Nativity scene draws crowds for 800 years
This small village has a rich religious history, being credited with starting the tradition of live Nativity scenes ... asking for a manger to be built with an ox and a donkey, according to ...
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How the nativity scene became a global tradition
Although the nativity that we popularly see today is attributed to St Francis, the idea is much older. As early as the 4th century CE, religious art depicted the scene at the manger, but these ...
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On This Day: Pope unveils new-style nativity
In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth in Joseph's house, with no mention of a manger or journey to Bethlehem.
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Nativity scenes may be making their move to the Texas Capitol
The nativity scene bill—which would place the commonly recognized scene of Mary, St. Joseph and Jesus at the manger on Christmas on Capitol grounds in December—was filed in the Texas House as ...
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Vatican’s Palestinian Nativity scene raises eyebrows – and then disappears
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Here’s how a viral dog nativity scene came together
She tells WBZ-TV that her some of her clients had seen versions of of dog nativity scenes online ... well-behaved dogs posing in front of a manger. They’re all dressed in costume as biblical ...