Vatican, Christmas and Pope

Vatican lights Christmas tree and unveils nativity scene for 2024 holiday season
The Vatican illuminated this year's Christmas tree and unveiled the nativity scene for the holiday season on Saturday (12/7). The 95-foot-tall red spruce hails from a forest in Trento, Italy. The nativity scene also features a traditional reed hut used by lagoon fishermen set in an environment from the early 20th century.
At Vatican Christmas tree lighting, Pope Francis calls attention to sustainability
Assuring the crowd of the sustainable harvesting of the tree, the pope compared the rings in the 98-foot-tall tree to the generations of believers gathering around the single image of Jesus.
Thanking donors for Vatican creche, Christmas tree, pope prays for peace
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “With tears in our eyes, let us raise our prayer for peace,” Pope Francis said as he thanked the people of Bethlehem and Palestinian authorities for a Nativity scene to decorate the Vatican audience hall.
Pope Francis calls for Christmas ceasefire 'on all war fronts'
"Let us continue to pray for peace, in tormented Ukraine, in the Middle East — Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, and now Syria — in Myanmar, in Sudan, and wherever people suffer from war and violence," Pope Francis said on Dec.
Pope Francis calls for global Christmas ceasefire and peace
During the Angelus prayer at the Vatican, Pope Francis called for a global ceasefire during the Christmas holidays, emphasizing the need for peace and dialogue. Pope Francis, addressing the faithful gathered in St.
Vatican's keffiyeh Nativity scene raises eyebrows and then disappears — at least until Christmas Eve
One of the Vatican’s Nativity scenes raised eyebrows when it was unveiled because it featured a keffiyeh, the Palestinian ...
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Vatican Removes Keffiyeh Nativity Scene After Uproar
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Vatican reversal on Nativity display is a setback for ‘Palestinian Jesus’
This lie has such ignoble origins, malicious motives and fraudulent ends that it cannot be tolerated at any time or in any ...
Vatican nativity scene and giant Christmas tree lit up in St Peter’s Square ceremony
The traditional Vatican Christmas tree and nativity scene were lit up in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday. Archbishop knocks on ...
Keffiyeh-clad craddle in Vatican nativity scene removed, return on Christmas Eve uncertain
This year, the Nativity scenes were made by Bethlehem-based artisans. Representatives of the Palestinian Embassy to the Holy ...
Pope Francis criticized for Vatican nativity scene with baby Jesus in a keffiyeh
Pope Francis created an online uproar when he was seen unveiling the Vatican's annual nativity scene that featured a ...
Pope calls for debt reduction for poorer countries to mark the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year
Pope Francis is calling on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce if not outright cancel debt as a matter ...
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Vatican Nativity scene with Palestinian keffiyeh causes a stir
In the wake of global controversy over a Nativity scene displayed at the Vatican showing the infant Jesus resting upon a ...
Traditional Vatican Christmas tree, nativity scene now lit
The event in Saint Peter's Square kicks off the festive season in the Italian city. On Saturday night, Vatican and city ...