H.S. BASEBALL: Nativity blasts Lincoln Leadership to advance to District 11 1A Championship

FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Nativity didn’t waste any time rolling past Lincoln Leadership Academy for a 15-0 win to open the District 11 Class A playoffs on Tuesday at North Schuylkill’s Ghosh Orthodontics ...
The Republican Herald

Nativity BVM hosts five student-athletes for college signing day

Nativity BVM High School welcomed five student athletes for signing day on Thursday, May 7 to continue their academic and ...
National Catholic Register

Vatican Unveils Nativity Scene Honoring St. Francis of Assisi and Devotion’s 800-Year-Old Origin

The scene in St. Peter’s Square depicts not only Mary and Joseph standing beside the manger, but also St. Francis of Assisi, who organized the first Nativity scene in a cave in the Italian village of ...
National Catholic Register

The Nativity Scene of St. Francis Reminds Us That the Word Became Flesh — and Food — at Christmas

Pope Francis marked his 87th birthday on Sunday with a party and cake for children before he kept his weekly appointment for the Sunday Angelus. The children got special attention there too, as many ...
Yahoo

How St. Francis created the Nativity scene, with a miraculous event in 1223

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Around the Christmas season, it is common to see a display of the Nativity scene: a small manger with the baby Jesus and his ...
Hyperallergic

Nativity Scenes Have Never Been Neutral

The Nativity scene featuring a keffiyeh that was unveiled at the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican on December 7 was designed by Palestinian artists Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi of Bethlehem. (© ...
America Magazine

My family’s Nativity scene is imperfect and broken. But I like it that way.

Composite image by author. Photos from Unsplash. “Mommmm! I can’t find Baby Jesus!” Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, a tiny wooden baby is swaddled in bubble wrap. The figure has no facial ...
Hyperallergic

The Unending Evolution of Nativity Scenes

One of the oldest depictions of Jesus Christ lying in a manger is on view at the Byzantine Museum in Athens. (Image via Wikimedia Commons) With Christmas upon us, many observers of the Christian ...
University of Dayton

What Is a Nativity Set?

A Nativity set, or crèche, is a three-dimensional representation of the birth of Jesus Christ. Some elements of a Nativity set are included because they are mentioned in the Bible. Other figures or ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Hundreds of Nativity scenes from across the globe — from the somber to the playful — on display at Lawrence church; see what’s new this year

A modern Nativity at the Festival of Nativities depicting Mary and Joseph taking a selfie with the newborn Jesus as the three Wiseman bear Amazon gift packages on Segways. The festival is at Centenary ...
WHYY

800 years after the first nativity scene, Glencairn exhibit highlights wide variation of the Christmas display

"Flemish Nativity" is based on a 16th century painting "The Census in Bethlehem" by the Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel, famous for filling his compositions with crowds of people and activity. (Emma Lee ...