Each year at Christmas, the Vatican selects a country to create a Nativity scene to be displayed in the Paul VI Audience Hall. This year it comes from Guatemala.<\/p>\n
Now, the Nativity from Guatemala will be exhibited in the Paul VI Audience Hall.<\/p>\n
A delegation from Guatemala attended the inaguration ceremony along with the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs. <\/p>\n
MARIO B\u00daCARO FLORES The design of the Nativity Scene is simple but striking. The display only depicts the Holy Family, who are dressed in typical Guatemalan clothing, and are accompanied by three large angels.<\/p>\n ORLANDO CORONADO The Nativity Scene also includes a symbol of Guatemala\u2014the country's national flower, the \u201cwhite nun,\u201d as it is called in Spanish.<\/p>\n ORLANDO CORONADO The individuals chosen to design the Nativity are members of the Catholic media organization, Eventos Cat\u00f3licos, and formerly worked as goldsmiths, painters and sculptors. For them, it was a gift to be received by Pope Francis.<\/p>\n ORLANDO CORONADO The Guatemalan Nativity Scene will be in the Paul VI Audience Hall until January 8, along with the Nativity Scene and Christmas tree in St. Peter's Square. <\/p>\n CA Each year at Christmas, the Vatican selects a country to create a Nativity scene to be displayed in the Paul VI Audience Hall. This year it comes from Guatemala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pzii8ewdnV0","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpresepeguatemalaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpresepeguatemalaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGuatemalan Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/strong>
\nOn behalf of all Guatemalans, I would like to express that this Nativity Scene, without a doubt, is a representation of the love and affection of our people towards the Catholic Church. <\/em><\/p>\n
\nDirector of Eventos Cat\u00f3licos<\/strong>
\nWe didn't include shepherds or kings. We did include three angels though, who represent the glory of God. The phrase that inspired us for the scene was: \u201cWhen Jesus was born, heaven was emptied because everyone worshiped a Savior.\u201d So, the scene is Joseph, Mary and the Child, along with three angels in adoration. <\/em><\/p>\n
\nDirector of Eventos Cat\u00f3licos<\/strong>
\nTo represent our country, we included the \u201cwhite nun,\u201d which is the national flower of Guatemala. Between Joseph, Mary and the Child, a \u201cwhite nun\u201d is blossoming. This is our symbol of Guatemalan love at the heart of the manger. <\/em><\/p>\n
\nDirector of Eventos Cat\u00f3licos<\/strong>
\nEventos Cat\u00f3licos has 40 years of history in serving the Church. I think the logo represents that clearly. The cauldron is the Church, the fire is love and the Cross is Christ. The translation is 'the Church burning with love for Christ'.
\nWe think that it's a wonderful gift to be here at the heart of our Catholic Church, and to be this close to Pope Francis. <\/em><\/p>\n
\nTR: MG<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"