the Vatican chose to display a nativity scene designed by Palestinian artists Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi, both from Bethlehem, and carved from the wood of a single olive tree by ...

The ancient church is the scene of a centuries-old Ceremony of the Holy Fire on ... To book a visit, click here. Olive trees in the biblical Garden of Gethsemane at the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.

On December 8, Pope Francis unveiled the Vatican’s annual nativity scene, which featured baby Jesus draped in ... Figures of the Holy Family were carved from olive wood, further connecting the display ...

Supermarket giants have come under fire from an enraged Bob Katter for refusing to show a nativity scene during Easter. In a video on Facebook on Saturday, the fiery politician and founder of ...

Bethlehem workshops where carvers toil over small pieces of olive wood sit empty these days. On most Easters the shops lining the streets of the town known as Jesus’s birthplace would be ...

God of every nation and people, from the very beginning of creation you have made known your love: when our need for a Savior was great you sent your Son to be born of the Virgin Mary. To our ...

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Dolly Olive centers around southern mediterranean ingredients and flavors, with an emphasis on an in-house bakery program, elegantly simple vegetable offerings and freshly made pastas. Because ...

Pope Francis, with a large bruise on his chin, arrives to hold an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene, at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, December 7 ...