Photo courtesy of the author. In my “spare time” as a working mother with two young boys, I decided to once again produce the Nativity pageant at our local parish. The reenactment of the first ...

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What are the best Nativity sets? For many people, Christmas means trimming trees, giving gifts and decorating their home and yard. Santas, reindeer and snowmen are always popular themes, but a ...

Nativity Mission Center, pictured here in the 1970s, was founded by the Jesuits in 1971 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The first Nativity school, which closed in 2012, inspired a coalition of 49 ...

In the run-up to Christmas, primary schools and Sunday schools often put on Nativity plays. This custom, however, is a surprisingly modern tradition. Here is its story. Nativity plays A Nativity play ...

Pope Francis marked his 87th birthday on Sunday with a party and cake for children before he kept his weekly appointment for the Sunday Angelus. The children got special attention there too, as many ...