Vatican

Vatican unveils Nativity scene, lights Christmas tree in St Peter's Square

The spruce tree hailed from Italy`s German-speaking majority autonomous province on the Austrian border, while the life-size Nativity scene was designed by the Nocera Inferiore-Sarno diocese in the southern Campania province, featuring architectural elements from the region

Updated 17 days ago

The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday, December 15. Photo Courtesy: AFP

Pope Leo XIV returns 62 artifacts to Canada's Indigenous peoples; here's why

The items are part of the Vatican Museum`s ethnographic collection, known as the Anima Mundi museum. The collection has been a source of controversy for the Vatican amid the broader museum debate over the restitution of cultural goods taken from Indigenous peoples during colonial periods

Updated 1 month ago