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‘Let us look at the crib: that awe before the crib. Sometimes there is no inner space for astonishment, but only to organize the parties, to have the parties....

The 800th anniversary of the Nativity scene, one of the most beloved Christmas traditions, and the truth that attracts even those who know nothing of the Inca...

Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta offers a Christmas message, praying that we experience anew, the depth of God’s love for each of us.  

Christmas is year-round in Greccio, a small cliffside village in Umbria. The reason? This is where St Francis of Assisi created the first-ever nativity scene in a cave in 1223.

With its history, culture, and culinary delights, Italy knows how to embrace the magic of Christmas like few other places in the world and here…

Highlights of events this week

The 'Living Nativity Scenes' Festival in Matera's rock-cut Sassi districts is even more special this year, featuring a dozen caves lit from below in the Murgia plateau in the Park of the Rupestrian Churches. (ANSA)

While the re-enactment of the birth of Christ was first performed in Greccio, Italy, in the 13th century, a church in Northamptonshire is marking a similar milestone

Speaking on Advent, Christmas, hope, and faith, Father Francesco Patton reflected on the meaning of the season for Christians who face hardship in the Holy Land.

The town of Assisi in Italys Umbria region lights up this Christmas in honour of the first living Nativity scene created by St Francis in Greccio in 1223.