Photos of the Week: Nativities and more

By Kit Doyle · December 9, 2022
(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the Church of the Nativity, nativity sets, live nativities and more. The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as Blanca Belloso of Laurel, Md., takes a photo with a camel named Delilaha, part of a live nativity scene on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Members of a nativity scene creating group add final touches to a nativity scene, known in Spain as ''Belenes'," in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, Dec.1, 2022. Spain celebrates the Christmas season with ancient Catholic traditions including the "Belenes", which are handmade from polystyrene and decorated with small nativity figures. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) Visitors look at nativity scenes, known in Spain as "Belenes," in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, Dec.3, 2022. Spain celebrates the Christmas season with ancient Catholic traditions including the "Belenes," which are handmade from polystyrene and decorated with small nativity figures. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) Doug Emhoff, center, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a roundtable discussion with Jewish leaders about the rise in antisemitism and efforts to fight hate in the United States, in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Metropolitan Oleksandr leads a religious service inside the Transfiguration of Jesus Orthodox Cathedral during blackout caused by recent Russian rocket attacks, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. A top Orthodox priest in Ukraine's capital says he supports the efforts of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government and counter-intelligence agency to end Russian spying and meddling in Ukrainian politics through a Moscow-affiliated church. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A woman walks through Tajrish bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Confusion over the status of Iran’s religious police grew as state media cast doubt on reports the force had been shut down. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Archbishop of Los Angeles Jose H. Gomez blesses "andas" — decorated carts with framed images or statues of the Virgin of Guadalupe — brought by families and parish groups to honor the Virgin of Guadalupe at East Los Angeles College Stadium in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. The 91st annual Procession and Mass commemorating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe recalls the miraculous apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Saint Juan Diego at Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City, in December 1531, when she left her image on his "tilma" or cloak. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Retired Cardinal Roger Mahony helps distribute Holy Communion as faithful participate in a bilingual Mass at East Los Angeles College Stadium in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. The 91st annual Procession and Mass commemorating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe recalls the miraculous apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Saint Juan Diego at Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City, in December 1531, when she left her image on his "tilma" or cloak. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Fireworks burst over the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square in the West Bank city of Bethlehem during the lighting of the Christmas tree, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) Archival Photos Skiers attend an early morning Protestant service outdoors before starting the day's sporting events in Gstaad, Switzerland, in 1957. RNS archive photo by John P. Taylor. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society. Elaborate Christmas decorations St. Basil Mission Seminary are lighted in Methuen, Massachusetts in Dec. 1956. The seminary, staffed by the Basilian Salvatorian Fathers, educates American-born candidates for priesthood in the Eastern Rites. RNS archive photo by C.M. Buckley. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
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