After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its original place on the manger of the Palestinian-made Nativity scene in the Paul VI Hall.

This past Christmas, the Vatican's Nativity scene had a newborn ... JANUARY 12: Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus blessing from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square ...

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About a month after the event, Francis told faithful gathered at St. Peter’s Square that in ... the world showing Francis looking at a Nativity scene where Jesus was placed on a keffiyeh ...

Here lies the meaning of this seemingly nondescript Christmas scene ... donated this nativity set to The Marian Library in 2008. In a letter her wrote: "(This nativity set) was made about 50 years ago ...

Roper St. Francis Healthcare marked a construction milestone Thursday, Jan. 30, as the final steel beam was placed atop its new medical complex in the Sawmill community near Summerville.

In "Hope," Francis reveals that he made a vow to the Virgin Mary on July 15, 1990. That evening, he writes, he was watching TV with his Jesuit community in Buenos Aires when, "a sordid scene ...

With his letter, Pope Francis wishes to encourage the beautiful tradition of preparing the Nativity Scene in the days before Christmas. In keeping with the tradition, various Vatican dicasteries have ...

On July 15th that year he was watching TV with fellow Jesuits in Buenos Aires when “a sordid scene appeared ... than at St Peter’s where all recent popes are buried. [ Pope Francis knows ...

On Monday, the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, and the multifaith community organizing group Faith in Action held a day of prayer and dialogue with immigrant families at St. Lucy’s Catholic ...

Fourteen crosses or stations, each with a picture of some scene in the passion ... to visit her cousin, St. Elizabeth, the mother of St. John the Baptist; (3) the Nativity, or birth, of Our ...

The new autobiography of Pope Francis, co-written with the Italian journalist Carlo Musso, was released on Tuesday in more than 80 countries. Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes ...