But this particular detail of the story isn't in the Bible. Luke 2:7 states that Mary gave birth to Jesus and "laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them at the inn." This makes it ...

A small relic of wood believed to be a fragment of the manger where Jesus was laid after his birth arrived in Bethlehem on Saturday, a gift from Pope Francis to help mark the start of the ...

A fragment of wood believed to be from Jesus’ manger is back in the Holy Land just in time for Christmas. The tiny inches long relic was first taken out of the Middle East in the 7th century ...

The Bible says that three wise men traveled from afar on camels to visit the infant Jesus as he lay in the manger. As Santa Claus and his reindeer are to the secular celebration of Christmas ...

By Wednesday, when Francis was seen again in the audience hall, the keffiyeh, manger and infant Jesus had been removed from the Nativity scene, while the figures of parents Mary and Joseph remained.

Next year, we will again pull the baby Jesus out of the basement. He will still be in the manger; Mary and Joseph will still be right there next to him; the shepherd will still be bringing his ...

A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus’ manger arrived Saturday in its permanent home in the biblical city of Bethlehem 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus' manger arrived Saturday in its permanent home in the biblical city of Bethlehem 1,400 years after it ...

JERUSALEMJERUSALEM — Christians on Friday celebrated the return to the Holy Land of a tiny wooden relic they believe was part of Jesus’ manger nearly 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a ...