VATICAN CITY (RNS) – After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now ...

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

A member of the protest group FEMEN was arrested after she jumped the barricade around the Vatican Nativity scene, took off ...

A Ukraine-related women's movement accuses the Vatican of inaction on Russia's war crimes against Ukrainian children ...

A stature of the Baby Jesus has returned to the Vatican's 'presepe', or Nativity Scene, in the Saint Paul VI Hall, but not lying on a keffiyeh after the presence of a traditional Palestinian scarf ...

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to ...

A week after inaugurating the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis gave thanks for all the work that went into its preparation and ...

It’s telling that in this present moment of the Church, we are divided over the essential means of our communion.

The papal basilica, also known as the 'Bethlehem of the West,' houses both the venerated icon of Mary and relics of Christ’s ...

We thank the Mayor for this work, for carrying the city forward» while «we admire with gratitude the results of the work ...