An Epiphany for the year ahead
An Epiphany for the year ahead 2023-01-06
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Null / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, Dec 27, 2022 / 08:50 am (CNA).On Dec. 26, actors in Greccio, Italy, about 50 miles north of Rome, put on a play telling the story of how St. Francis of Assisi created the first living Nativity scene.Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNAIn 1223, St. Francis asked a friend to prepare a cave with live animals and a hay-filled manger to make Jesus' birth come alive for the people at Christmas Mass.Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNAAccording to the first biographer of St. Francis, Brother Thomas of Celano, the poor friar desired to "represent the birth of that Child i...
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