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The Vatican s Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 3, 2022. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Dec 3, 2022 / 13:10 pm (CNA).It s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Vatican. A large hand-carved wooden nativity scene was unveiled in St. Peter Square on Saturday night at the Vatican s Christmas tree lighting ceremony.Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga presided over the ceremony on Dec. 3. Due to heavy rain and thunderstorms, the celebration took place inside Vatican City s Paul VI Hall with a video live-stream from St. Peter s Square of the Christmas tree lighting .The Christmas tree is a nearly 100-foot-tall white fir from Rosello, a mountain village with around 182 inhabitants in the central Italian region of Abruzzo. The tree was adorned with ornaments made by children at a psychiatric rehabilitation center in Italy. Other decorations for the tree were crafted by residents at a nursing home and schoolchildren from Abruzzo. The tree is adorned with ornaments made by ch.
Pope Francis spent time in silent prayer in front of a nativity scene handmade by artisan craftsmen in Guatemala on Dec. 3, 2022. / Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Guatemala to the Holy SeeVatican City, Dec 3, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).Pope Francis blessed a nativity scene on Saturday that was handmade by artisan craftsmen in Guatemala.Guatemala s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mario Búcaro led a delegation that traveled from the Latin American country to be present for the nativity scene s inauguration in Vatican City s Paul VI Hall on Dec. 3."It is the first time in history that our country presents a nativity scene in the Vatican, a beautiful work of sacred art, personally delivered to Pope Francis and, therefore, also a gift from the people of Guatemala in anticipation of Christmas," Búcaro said.Guests of the Embassy of Guatemala to the Holy See at the nativity s inauguration. Embassy of Guatemala to the Holy SeeThe nativity scene was made by the combined effort of more than