A seasonal nativity scene at the Vatican has been removed after backlash over its depiction of the baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional scarf used by Palestinians as a national symbol ...

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 11 - A stature of the Baby Jesus and a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf have disappeared from the Vatican's 'presepe' or Nativity Scene in the Paul VI Room, Vatican News reported ...

The idea of the Baby Jesus on the symbolic cloth eventually reached the Vatican: on December 7, some nativity scenes were installed in the Paul VI Hall, including the one from Bethlehem.