A California church known for its unique and, at times, controversial Nativity scenes centering around current events, has created a new scene this year depicting the Holy family in the midst of a Black Lives Matter protest.
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Pope Francis Wants You to Set Up a Nativity Scene to Fight Banal Consumer Christmas
“I wish to encourage the beautiful family tradition of preparing the nativity scene in the days before Christmas, but also the custom of setting it up in the workplace, in schools, hospitals, prisons and town squares,” the pope wrote in Admirabile Signum. “It is my hope that this custom will never be lost and that, wherever it has fallen into disuse, it can be rediscovered and revived.”
