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The Duomo of Milan, Milan Cathedral, Metropolitan Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, Italy, on June 19, 2025.
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
More than 120 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed in the city, and among the casualties was a warehouse where the Nativity figures were stored.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
Morning mass was held at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Thursday, a day after crowds of Palestinians and foreign tourists flocked onto Manger Square to attend celebrations for the first time since they were halted in solidarity with Palestinians suffering a two-year deadly war in Gaza.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in June, Jimenez was watching as parishioners acted out the Nativity scene during a posada, a Latin American tradition that reenacts Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem in search of shelter.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, at a Christmas event at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Wednesday.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
The leader of an international pro-life organization lauded the Nativity scene set up by the Vatican that highlighted the more than 25,000 babies who were not aborted this year thanks to the group's outreach initiatives.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
On its website, the parish even posted a picture promoting the sign at the Nativity scene.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Above them loomed the Nativity façade, the only one that Gaudí had come close to finishing.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
More than 120 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed in the city, and among the casualties was a warehouse where the Nativity figures were stored.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
Morning mass was held at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Thursday, a day after crowds of Palestinians and foreign tourists flocked onto Manger Square to attend celebrations for the first time since they were halted in solidarity with Palestinians suffering a two-year deadly war in Gaza.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in June, Jimenez was watching as parishioners acted out the Nativity scene during a posada, a Latin American tradition that reenacts Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem in search of shelter.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, at a Christmas event at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Wednesday.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
The leader of an international pro-life organization lauded the Nativity scene set up by the Vatican that highlighted the more than 25,000 babies who were not aborted this year thanks to the group's outreach initiatives.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
On its website, the parish even posted a picture promoting the sign at the Nativity scene.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Above them loomed the Nativity façade, the only one that Gaudí had come close to finishing.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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