Mother Mary wearing a respirator to protect herself from tear gas. Baby Jesus with zip-tied hands, wrapped in a thin blanket that looks like aluminum foil. Masked centurions with sunglasses and green ...

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — One baby Jesus lies in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, ...

Following are NCR reader responses to NCR reporter Brian Fraga's story "Boston Archdiocese wants ICE message gone from parish's outdoor Nativity scene." "Politics" in sacred space Your recent coverage ...

Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded, according to an associate minister, by replacing it with a sign ...

A sign reading "ICE Was Here" stands in the outdoor Nativity at St. Susanna Catholic Church in Dedham, Mass., Dec. 8, 2025. The Archdiocese of Boston has asked that the sign be removed, saying, "The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Charlotte church says it wants to “disturb” passersby this Christmas with a nativity scene depicting Jesus, Mary and Joseph with ...

A Massachusetts church is causing controversy with what’s missing from its annual Nativity scene and an accompanying statement. St. Susanna, a Catholic church in the Boston suburb of Dedham, displayed ...

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The Boston Archdiocese has condemned a Church’s controversial nativity display featuring an “ICE was here” sign in a Christmas manger scene that had Jesus, Mary and Joseph missing. The anti-ICE ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Churches in Illinois and Massachusetts are reimagining Nativity scenes as protest art, depicting baby Jesus ...