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kpete

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Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:17 PM Dec 2018

Massachusetts church's nativity scene features infant Jesus in a cage, wise men separated by fence [View all]

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‘Peace on Earth?’: Dedham church uses nativity scene to spark conversation about immigration


“Peace on Earth?”


That’s the question displayed above a nativity scene in Dedham that features the baby Jesus inside a black metal cage and the three wise men cut off from Mary and Joseph by a fence-like barrier.

The unconventional holiday arrangement outside of St. Susanna Parish was set up over the weekend to mark the start of Advent Sunday.



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Top shelf trolling! central scrutinizer Dec 2018 #1
There will be howling at the moon over this! peggysue2 Dec 2018 #2
guts and brains! Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #3
True, that! k8conant Dec 2018 #4
Brilliant malaise Dec 2018 #5
Brilliant matt819 Dec 2018 #6
Roman Catholic. GoCubsGo Dec 2018 #8
. fishwax Dec 2018 #7
When kids see it and ask questions, parents will beg for the priest to explain it instead of them. ancianita Dec 2018 #9
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