LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles federal judge on Thursday dismissed a Christian group’s lawsuit to force suburban Santa Monica to reopen spaces in a city park to private displays, including Christmas ...

A nativity scene placed at the Oklahoma State Capitol is warming some hearts and frustrating others. The display is part of a national effort to place privately funded Christmas nativity scenes in ...

A Nativity set, or crèche, is a three-dimensional representation of the birth of Jesus Christ. Some elements of a Nativity set are included because they are mentioned in the Bible. Other figures or ...

Two Houston-area lawmakers have filed bills that would require the placement of a nativity scene on the Texas Capitol grounds during the month of December. The move comes as several Republican ...

Just in time for the holiday season, two Texas lawmakers are fighting to bring baby Jesus to the Texas Capitol. The nativity scene bill—which would place the commonly recognized scene of Mary, St.

The first known nativity scene figurines are on display this Christmas in one of Rome's oldest basilicas. The underground Chapel of the Nativity in the Basilica of St. Mary Major -- known to Italians ...

The classic nativity scene many of us have in our head might look vastly different depending on where you grew up, while the players might change, the story is still the same — a virgin — Mary — gives ...

WADENA, Minn. -- A Nativity scene that had been a Wadena city park centerpiece for many years and was sold to the northwest Minnesota town’s Ministerial Association has found a home after the ...

It's as New England as New England can possibly get. If you're looking for the perfect gift for the holidays for that special person from Massachusetts or the surrounding states, that gift has just ...

Pope Francis said today that the Vatican’s Nativity scene this year should compel people to think of the Holy Land — both of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago and also of the conflict ...