Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church ...

The nativity display at the First Lutheran Church on 19th Street in Parkersburg. (Photo by Art Smith) Matthew 1:18 — This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : His mother Mary was pledged ...

DEDHAM, Mass. — One baby Jesus lies in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, ...

The Virgin Mary wearing a gas mask. The baby Jesus restrained with zip ties. Joseph knocked over on the ground. It is not a typical Nativity display, but one scene in Evanston is attracting attention.

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CHICAGO — Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded, according to an associate minister, by replacing it with a ...