December Dilemma Watch 2007

The Vatican's Nativity Switch

Friday December 21, 2007

Categories: Christmas

According to Catholic World News, the Vatican has changed its tradition of erecting a Nativity scene of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in a manger in Bethlehem, instead putting up a scene of the holy family in their home in Nazareth. The Vatican has put up a creche since Pope John Paul II instituted the tradition in 1982.

The scene, as always, will not be unveiled until Christmas Eve.

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About December Dilemma Watch 2007

The last update for the December Dilemma blog was in December 2007. We welcome your comments about the intersection of religion and public life in our News & Politics forums.

Holly Lebowitz Rossi, a Beliefnet editor and freelance writer, has been compiling December Dilemma Watch since 2004. Her website is http://www.hollyrossi.com.

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