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Lead image After its Nativity scene is stolen, a parish keeps the ‘reason for the season’ even more visible

Call it a celebration of the Christmas spirit—a heartwarming effort to overcome a senseless act with the light of faith. Before it was stolen last December, an outdoor Nativity scene was a beautiful point of joy and reverence for the members of Holy Trinity Parish in Edinburgh—and even more so for the Hispanic parishioners who pooled their money for it and built it.
 

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