Robby Soave and Niall Stanage weigh in on the Pope Francis' unveiling of a nativity scene in which Baby Jesus is adorned in a ...

WASHINGTON WATCHThe scene at the Paul VI chapel in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square was quite moving. Pope Francis had come to ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...

(RNS) — The appearance of a keffiyeh on a Palestinian-made nativity scene at the Vatican caused a stir. So did its sudden disappearance. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the moments before Pope Francis ...

There is no other way to understand this decision than as a deliberate adoption of the Palestinian narrative,” Chikliwrote to ...

The pontiff declared "Enough wars, enough violence!" while presenting a scene by two Palestinian artists near the Vatican on Saturday.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising signature element: a keffiyeh ...

This time, the cause of contention is the Vatican’s display of a nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square, in which the baby Jesus is depicted sleeping on a keffiyeh, the traditional Middle ...

The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican’s main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf ...

Pope Francis made a plea for peace while unveiling a nativity featuring baby Jesus nestled in a keffiyeh in Vatican ... nativity’s dedication, the New Arab reported that a mass for peace and ...

The wooden Nativity scene in the Vatican's main audience hall had generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf ...