While some Jewish leaders condemned the pope’s recent remarks on Israel, others believe that Catholic-Jewish relations can ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican had hinted the controversial keffiyeh would be put back in the Nativity scene on Christmas Eve ... and was inaugurated by Pope Francis before Palestinian ...

Pope Francis holds an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene ... writes the following in his book: “Now, in a world where Israel is vilified for ...

Pope Francis, with a large bruise on his chin, arrives to hold an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene ... excerpts of a book were published in which ...

The Nativity scene was crafted by artists from Bethlehem using local materials and was inaugurated by Pope Francis before Palestinian ... the Nativity scene until Christmas Day.

the nativity of Jesus. Pope Francis greets the crowd from the main balcony of St. Peter's basilica after the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the city and the world as part of Christmas ...

With this potential audience, it seems an appropriate moment for Pope Francis to publish the first memoir from a sitting pontiff when his book ... officially opened on Christmas Eve when ...

It would seem, however, that its observance first began in the west, since it is evident that Advent could not have been looked on as a preparation for the feast of Christmas, until that feast was ...

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 ...

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Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his yearlong ... within the storied walls of the Marian basilica’s Chapel of the Nativity, where St. Cajetan of Thiene prayed.