The Vatican's nativity scene reopens to the public, but without the controversial Palestinian symbol.

The large olive wood Jesus Child with open arms, carved by the master artisans of Bethlehem in the Holy Land, has been placed ...

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

Making the baby Jesus a symbol of military resistance is a defective biblical model.” A keffiyeh-wrapped representation of Jesus is on display in a creche at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in the ...

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

The keffiyeh controversy deepened after Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli, wrote a strongly-worded ...

A keffiyeh-wrapped Baby Jesus in nativity scenes ... challenged traditional images of Christ’s birth. This provocative symbol brings attention to the political realities of modern-day Bethlehem ...

7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf that has become a potent symbol of the Palestinian cause. Pope Francis had prayed before the creche briefly that ...

The keffiyeh, a symbol of Palestinian resistance, sparked controversy and criticism, though some celebrated it as a poignant statement about the current crisis in Gaza. While the baby Jesus figure ...

7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf that has become a potent symbol of the Palestinian cause. Pope Francis had prayed before the creche briefly that ...