Catholic Lessons in the Vatican's Nativity Scene

Catholic Lessons in the Vatican's Nativity Scene

All this offers a reminder of just how central the iconography of Christmas, especially the nativity scene, is to Catholic culture. Herewith, then, three things one can glean about Catholicism from observing the special place that the nativity scene occupies in the Vatican, and in Catholic hearts.

Tradition has it that the very first nativity scene, a living one, was invented by St. Francis of Assisi in 1223, after he visited the Holy Land and was inspired by seeing the birthplace of Christ in Bethlehem.

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