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(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.
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Rome hosts a variety of Christmas cribs and Nativity scenes over the festive season each year, in St Peter's 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