"In 2019, Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter on the meaning and importance of the Christmas nativity scene. He signed the document, Admirabile signum ('Enchanting image'), on Dec. 1 that year, at the Shrine of the Nativity in Greccio, a hilltown in the Italian region of Lazio.
"The choice of Greccio was significant, because it was there in 1223 that St. Francis of Assisi created history's first nativity scene.
"In the apostolic letter, widely regarded as one of the most moving documents of Francis' pontificate, the pope sets out 'to encourage the beautiful family tradition of preparing the nativity scene in the days before Christmas.'"
A recent Catholic News Agency report offered, drawn from Admirabile signum,ten things that Pope Francis wants us to learn from the nativity scene (including the nativity scene is like a living Gospel.and the custom is rooted in the Bible).
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