The scene in St. Peter’s Square depicts not only Mary and Joseph standing beside the manger, but also St. Francis of Assisi, who organized the first Nativity scene in a cave in the Italian ...

STORY: Visitors can watch the story told in 16 scenes strung along five kilometers (3.1 miles) underground in Postojna Cave in Slovenia's south-west.The tradition of living nativity scenes started ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Whether simple or elaborate, the same every year or constantly changing, a Nativity scene echoes “the beauty of our faith,” Pope Francis wrote. Marking the 800th ...