December 11, 2023

Pope marks 800th anniversary of Nativity scene, asks prayers for Holy Land

OSV News December 11, 2023

On Dec. 9, Pope Francis met with the more than 100 people involved in erecting the creche, officials from the Rieti Valley, which includes Greccio, and from the little town of Macra, in northern Italy, which donated the silver fir ...

St. Francis and the Creche

Natalie Ryan December 11, 2023

Today, we have Nativity scenes sprinkled all over the world around the Advent and Christmas seasons because of one man’s actions.

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