CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: [UPDATE] Pope Francis Slammed for Inaugurating Vatican Nativity Scene with a Baby Jesus Lying on a Palestinian Keffiyeh – REMOVED BY VATICAN
CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: [UPDATE] Pope Francis Slammed for Inaugurating Vatican Nativity Scene with a Baby Jesus Lying on a Palestinian Keffiyeh – REMOVED BY VATICAN
The Vatican has removed a seasonal nativity scene due to controversy over its depiction of the infant Jesus sleeping on a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian scarf used as a national symbol, according to Catholic media outlets.
According to Vatican News, the keffiyeh-draped cradle in the Paul VI Hall was part of a series of nativity scenes titled “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024,” produced by artists Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi, both Palestinians from Bethlehem.
At the scene’s inauguration on Saturday, Pope Francis urged believers to “remember the brothers and sisters, who, right there [in Bethlehem] and in other parts of the world, are suffering from the tragedy of war.”
NEWS SOURCE & LINKS:
The Times of Israel
UPDATE: Pope Francis Slammed Vatican Nativity Scene BABY JESUS LYING ON PALESTINIAN KEFFIYEH REMOVED | UmNAtTZAbgYChristian Breaking News!