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.

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

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

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

A baby sleeps at the feast of the ... to celebrate the baptism of Jesus on Jan. 12. Speaking from the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, the pope said Jan. 7 that the anniversary of ...

Since the end of World War II, the Vatican has tried hard to make up for its centuries of attacks on the Jewish people, ...

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 ...

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Pope Francis kisses the baby Jesus as he presides over an Epiphany mass in St.Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ...

On the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Pope Francis said Christians should seek “to recognize Jesus close to us,” including in the ...

A member of a Ukraine-related women's movement was arrested after she jumped the barricade around the Vatican Nativity scene, took off her shirt, and tried to grab the statue of the baby Jesus. The ...

Israel’s foreign ministry summoned the Vatican's ambassador ... year’s nativity scene in St Peter’s Square featuring baby Jesus resting on a Palestinian keffiyeh - may influence global ...