A giant, animated Azorean-style Nativity scene, known as a Presépio, is on display at Portugalia Marketplace in Fall River.

The very first live Nativity scene, it is said, was created by St. Francis of Assisi, who staged a reenactment of the birth of Jesus Christ in 1223, using a doll as the newborn Jesus and a few live ...

Mother Mary wearing a respirator to protect herself from tear gas. Baby Jesus with zip-tied hands, wrapped in a thin blanket that looks like aluminum foil. Masked centurions with sunglasses and green ...

In the week since a Nativity scene was installed outside of the Missiongathering Church here in Charlotte, Pastor Andrew Shipley said he’s often found himself doing a double take. Not to reflect on ...

Some U.S. churches are reimagining Nativity scenes — surrounding the Holy Family with ICE agents or separating Jesus from ...

Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, according to Christian belief, has been replaced in an Evanston church’s Nativity scene by a memorial to victims of injustice committed by federal immigration ...