CLAREMONT, Calif. (Reuters) - A Methodist church in Southern California has turned a classic Christmas tradition - the Nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus - into a statement about immigration ...

Claremont United Methodist Church made headlines in the past for nativity scenes depicting children in cages and the Holy ...

Some U.S. churches are reimagining Nativity scenes — surrounding the Holy Family with ICE agents or separating Jesus from Mary and Joseph — to protest the Trump administration's intensifying ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Friday a church's interpretation of a Nativity scene that reportedly intended to "disturb passersby" this Christmas is an example of what's contributing ...

If the concept of kenosis — a self-emptying of one’s own will in favor of complete conformity to the will of God — is best applied to Jesus’ Passion, another term can be applied to the Nativity: ...

CHARLOTTE — A local church says it wants people to feel the fear immigrant families felt through a nativity scene with immigration agents. The Charlotte Observer captured the scene outside Mission ...

Composite image by author. Photos from Unsplash. “Mommmm! I can’t find Baby Jesus!” Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, a tiny wooden baby is swaddled in bubble wrap. The figure has no facial ...

(RNS) — At first glance, the Nativity scene outside Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, has all the traditional hallmarks: Figures resembling Mary and Joseph stand near a baby Jesus, who rests ...

BOSTON — A nativity scene in Dedham with the message “ICE was here” in front of the missing Holy Family will remain up pending a conversation with Archbishop Richard Henning, a local priest said ...

A church in Texas is sparking debate after erecting a nativity scene that depicts Mary, Joseph and Jesus as modern-day immigrants locked in a metal cage wrapped in barbed wire. Oak Lawn United ...

The Nativity scene featuring a keffiyeh that was unveiled at the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican on December 7 was designed by Palestinian artists Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi of Bethlehem. (© ...