A stature of the Baby Jesus has returned to the Vatican's 'presepe', or Nativity Scene, in the Saint Paul VI Hall, but not lying on a keffiyeh after the presence of a traditional Palestinian scarf ...

The idea of the Baby Jesus on the symbolic cloth eventually reached the Vatican: on December 7, some nativity scenes were installed in the Paul VI Hall, including the one from Bethlehem.

The Vatican's nativity scene reopens to the public, but without the controversial Palestinian symbol.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by ...

Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School, and the author most recently of War Against the Jews: How to End Hamas Barbarism. He is the Jack Roth ...

Pope Francis looks upon a nativity set in the Vatican Audience Hall in which the baby Jesus rests upon a Palestinian keffiyeh Dec. 7, 2024. (Credit: AP/Andrew Medichini.) Listen ROME – At year ...

When children are baptized, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever: the gift of faith.

At Pope Francis’ personal initiative, Vatican City employees with three or more children will receive a monthly 300-euro ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ...

I grew up in Israel, which is modern day Judea, which is where Mary grew up. So I feel very, very comfortable portraying her.

The Vatican secretary of state ... recognized by the church as the site where John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Parolin’s three-day visit to Jordan coincides with a new exhibition of 90 Jordanian ...

The Vatican’s secretary of state ... Church officially recognizes as the site where John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Parolin inaugurated and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord ...