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Brother Francesco loved God and Christmas with a passion he shared with everyone, especially the poor and sick. He even spread his Christmas cheer to the birds and beasts of the field.

Did you know Christmas celebrations were born in Italy?

In the Gospel, the passion accounts are dramas. The infancy stories are tableaus. They simply want us to see something.

Atlanta Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv, shares a Christmas message of hope and love to all.

From ancient mosaics to Saint Francis of Assisi, depictions of Jesus's birth reflect the changing conventions of the world's largest religion

(RNS) — Though they aren't mentioned in the Bible Christmas story, live animals have been part of nativity scenes since the 1200s. But sometimes things go awry, including a recent case of cows on the loose.

St Francis of Assisi created the first living crib or Nativity scene in 1223, in the central Italian village of Greccio, to commemorate the birth of Jesus.

    If you haven't yet watched this eighteen-minute video from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I encourage you to do so between

Rome hosts a variety of Christmas cribs and Nativity scenes over the festive season each year, in St Peters Square and in churches around the Eternal City.

(CATHOLIC ONLINE) Roman Catholics traditionally observe the month of December as Divine Infancy Month in honor of the Infant Jesus, “the center of all preparations and celebrations during the Christmas Season.” Catholic Church leaders remind the faithful “to make Christ the center of all spiritu