VATICAN CHRISTMAS: The Vatican illuminated this year's Christmas tree and unveiled the nativity scene for the holiday season on Saturday (12/7). The 95-foot-tall red spruce hails from a forest in ...

In an inauguration ceremony Thursday, the Vatican officially unveiled this year's nativity scene in St. Peter's Square, also lighting the 69-foot Christmas tree for the first time this year.

Vatican City (AsiaNews) - The Christmas tree and the nativity scene are two signs that "tell us about Christmas and help us to contemplate the mystery of God made man to be close to each of us".

These two Vatican Christmas stamps were painted ... Listen ROME — The Nativity scene that will sit under a 98-feet-tall silver fir tree in the middle of St. Peter’s Square this year will ...

(Credit: CNS photo/Paul Haring.) Listen VATICAN CITY — The Vatican unveiled the Nativity scene and lit the Christmas tree with energy-saving lights in St. Peter’s Square during a late ...

"The Nativity scene and the tree thus form a message of hope and love, and help to create a favorable Christmas spirit to live with faith the mystery of the birth of the Redeemer," the Pope said.