Brussels nativity scene faces controversy over faceless characters

Belgian authorities are mystified over a brazen theft over the weekend from a Christmas Nativity scene of an icon of infant Jesus Christ that had been widely scorned online. Artist Victoria-Maria Geyer crafted the nativity figure out of soft fabrics lacking any identifying features, so that “every Catholic, regardless of their background or origins can identify themselves” in the biblical story of the birth of Christ, she said.

Post from AP on December 01, 2025