AP — Christians on Friday celebrated the return to the Holy Land of a tiny wooden relic they believe was part of Jesus’s manger, nearly 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a gift to the pope. The ...

A Christian nun kisses a wooden relic believed to be from Jesus' manger at the Notre Dame church in Jerusalem.AP A wooden relic believed to be from Jesus' manger is seen at the Notre Dame church in ...

A fragment of wood believed to be from Jesus’ manger is back in the Holy Land just in time for Christmas. The tiny inches long relic was first taken out of the Middle East in the 7th century when St.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus’ manger arrived Saturday in its permanent home in the biblical city of Bethlehem 1,400 years after it was ...

Every year we set up a traditional manger scene near our Christmas tree. There are Mary and Joseph, a shepherd and a few sheep, three wise men and at least one camel, and the baby Jesus. For years to ...