This year marks the 800th Anniversary of the first Nativity scene. The devotional practice of the Nativity scene was first invented by St Francis of Assisi in the year 1223 at Greccio in Italy as a means of bringing the graces of the Holy Land to the people of Europe and the whole world.
We discuss the history of the first Nativity scene as well as some points of the theological significance of this devotional practice.
Listen online [here]!
