“All of them reflect the natural world in which Christ was born,” says Bridget Retzloff of the 100 creches in the “Nativities and the Natural World” that she curated. CONTRIBUTED Joui Wine now open in ...

DEDHAM, Mass. — One baby Jesus lays in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, ...

Last year during Advent, instead of merely looking at a manger scene every once in a while, I began to pray with this visual each day. Instead of staring at a crucifix or contemplating another mystery ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus’s ...

The Boston Archdiocese has condemned a Church’s controversial nativity display featuring an “ICE was here” sign in a Christmas manger scene that had Jesus, Mary and Joseph missing. The anti-ICE ...

A doll representing the baby Jesus is zip-tied in the Nativity scene outside of Lake Street Church of Evanston, on Wednesday in Evanston, Ill. Erin Hooley / AP One baby Jesus lies in a manger in the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Churches in Illinois and Massachusetts are reimagining Nativity scenes as protest art, depicting baby Jesus ...