Beloved Baby Jesus, this Christmas I come to You with a heart full of uncertainty, with wounds I long for You to heal and tears only You can console. You, who were born in the humility of a manger ...

In a controversial take on the classic nativity scene, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus’s traditional blanket with a keffiyeh — a symbol of pro-Palestine activism.

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OPINION: The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one.. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife ...

It’s about divine limitation, humility, and weakness. A crying, unsettled Jesus who soiled himself like any other baby captures the central miracle that Christmas proposes.

“Dressing baby Jesus in a keffiyeh is not only a cynical exploitation of the manger scene for political and propagandistic purposes, but it is also an absurd rewriting of history,” Dr. André ...

St. Cajetan, canonized in 1671, is often depicted in art holding the Infant Jesus, as is St. Anthony of Padua, who also had a mystical experience involving the Christ Child.

Second, Jesus’ entrance celebrates his commitment to humility, service and a focus on the needs of others. Try to square that with the actions of the powerful in today’s society.

Alastor Milburn, left, plays the title character and Ayọ̀fẹ́mi Demps is Judas in "Jesus Christ Superstar," onstage at Theater West End in Sanford.

The Nativity scene shows baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh and placed in a rubble to show solidarity with the people of Gaza on Dec. 24, 2023 in the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in ...

St. Cajetan, canonized in 1671, is often depicted in art holding the infant Jesus, as is St. Anthony of Padua, who also had a mystical experience involving the Christ Child.