The annual unveiling of the Vatican’s Christmas tree and Nativity scene brought some much-needed warmth to people’s hearts as winter approached. Hundreds of people in St Peter’s Square applauded as white curtains unfurled, on 7th December, revealing a 52-foot wide artistic representation of Jesus’ birth made entirely of sand and dubbed the ‘Sand Nativity’. The... Read More
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