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The San Anton Church in Madrid has replaced traditional nativity scene figures with refugees to raise awareness about the current crisis. The play features drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi as Baby Jesus.
Los Angeles, Dec 9 (EFEUSA).- A Methodist church in Southern California has adapted its traditional Nativity scene this year by putting the Baby Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Joseph in separate cages to highlight the separation of families pushed by the Donald Trump administration to deter undocumented migrants from illegally entering the United States.The Nativity scene, at the United Methodist Church in Claremont, a town 51 km (32 mi.) east of Los Angeles, was set up on church grounds on the weekend to denounce the situation being faced by refugees who come to the US.The Christmas display has sparked controversy, with the caged figurines of Mary and Joseph placed on either side of the cage containing Jesus in the manger. (Camera: IVAN MEJIA). SHOT LIST: BABY JESUS, THE VIRGIN MARY AND JOSEPH ALL IN SEPARATE CAGES TO HIGHLIGHT THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES TO THE US AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, EAST OF LOS ANGELES, USA. SOUND BITES: KATHY BLACK, PASTOR AT THE CLAREMONT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND REV. KEITH MOZINGO (IN ENGLISH).
A mother who left her newborn son in a manger at the Holy Child Jesus Church in New York will not face criminal charges for giving him up, a prosecutor said. Jillian Kitchener reports.
A small parish north of Boston has a marred Christmas after the baby Jesus from a church nativity scene is replaced with a real pig's head. Mana Rabiee reports.
Pope Francis, preparing for Christmas, blesses children's baby Jesus figurines during his weekly Angelus prayer. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Scene outside the Gemelli hospital in Rome where Pope Francis underwent an operation on June 7 for an abdominal hernia. "The night went well", according to the press office. The 86-year-old pontiff, who has been the leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics for a decade, has suffered increasing health issues over the past year. IMAGES
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