Like the holiday itself, Susan Wallish of Weatherly received hers as a gift. “My neighbor Girlie Gerhard gave me this handmade manger set two years ago with precious statues and straw from 1976 when ...

The church earned basilica status after a five-year restoration project sharpened its beauty and made it earthquake-safe.

IT’S the morning after the Naples’s Italian Serie A football league title win. Light blue and white bunting flutters along the streets ...

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Florida are welcoming the community back to its annual Nativity Open House in the historic Villa Flora from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12.

In this edition, we cast a spotlight on one of the earliest Catholic churches to be built in Singapore, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Location The Church of the Nativity ...

A statue of Martha Hughes Cannon — a Latter-day Saint physician, suffragist and public health trailblazer from Utah who became the nation’s first woman elected to a state Senate — has joined ...

A figurine of the Christ Child is displayed in a Nativity scene at a home in Chicani, Bolivia, Dec. 7, 2020. OSV News photo/David Mercado, Reuters Advent is perhaps the most challenging liturgical ...

The backlash began after the pope on Dec. 7 met with the donors of this year’s Christmas tree and Nativity scene displayed in St. Peter’s Square. While the Nativity scene was crafted in the ...

Next, we added small figurines of wise men, shepherds, an angel or two, Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus in a manger surrounded by hay. This was a special tradition for my family that has roots dating ...

The side altars were dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua and to St. Anthony, the Hermit. Due to this chapel, the universally celebrated Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady on the 8th September, in Goa ...

In addition to Mary and Joseph, this year’s rendition included St. Francis of Assisi — a special tribute on the 800th anniversary of the tradition he started.

The "caganer" -- or "pooper" -- figurine has long been a staple of Christmas in the northeastern region, usually placed in a discreet corner not far from Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus.