I have a simple Advent practice. I meditate on the creche, and I ponder what or who I might be in the Nativity scene. I’ve been cast as the stable more times than I can count, and ...

That said, there is still some debate about where Jesus Christ was born exactly — and whether he was born in a stable, a house, or a cave. Modern-day Nativity scenes typically depict Jesus ...

In late summer of 1994, The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute at the University of Dayton began an earnest effort to collect various contemporary cultural expressions of the ...

The nativity story follows Mary and Joseph from being told they will have a baby by the angel Gabriel, through to the birth of Jesus and the visits from the shepherds and wise men. The story of ...

VATICAN CHRISTMAS: The Vatican illuminated this year's Christmas tree and unveiled the nativity scene for the holiday season on Saturday (12/7). The 95-foot-tall red spruce hails from a forest in ...