Christmas 2023 marks 800 years since St. Francis of Assisi staged the first manger scene in the hill town of Greccio, about 50 miles north of Rome. Pope Francis visits the Nativity scene in St.

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CLAREMONT (CBSLA.com/AP) — A Southland church unable to reach agreement on an artist's proposal for a Nativity scene criticizing gun violence has instead posted a ...

(The Conversation) — According to his biographer, St. Bonaventure, St. Francis was the first to commemorate the birth of Christ by assembling a manger scene, complete with a baby Jesus doll that was ...