The crèche, or nativity scene, of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus is one of the most universal and enduring symbols of Christianity, and its annual display is a tradition worldwide. One history of the ...

EASTHAMPTON — In what has become a somewhat macabre Christmas tradition, a thief has once again stolen the baby Jesus figure from a crèche at the Easthampton Congregational Church. The theft marks the ...

Baby Jesus in a manger, a blazing star overhead, blue-collar shepherds and regal Magi adoring the infant; nearby, the donkey pregnant Mary rode to Bethlehem, flanked by lowing cattle — does this ...

GPS is helping people find Jesus. The technology can't do much to help sinners find salvation, but it is helping churches recover baby Jesus dolls when they are stolen from nativity scenes, a crime ...

GREENFIELD-- Police are seeking the public's help as they investigate the theft of a baby Jesus figure, discovered early Christmas Eve, from a creche on the town common. The theft was reported shortly ...

The first creche in James Govan’s now-extensive collection was a sentimental purchase, bought in the early 1960s in his wife’s native Italy shortly after the two married. During the next few decades, ...

A creche from Mexico appears in a Christmas exhibit at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Ga., and is part of the personal collection of Marcy Borkowski-Glass of St. Pius X Church in ...

A daring hoodlum swiped a miniature Baby Jesus from the nativity scene of a Little Italy church, cops said yesterday – the second such theft reported in the city in the last week. A pair of volunteers ...

There will be no super sales on flat-screen TVs here. Only the religious message of the holidays will prevail during “Light of the World Christmas Experience” by The Church of Jesus Christ of ...