Clothing drive half a world away helps babies in Christ’s hometown

IMAGE: CNS photo/Rhina Guidos
By Rhina Guidos
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The ask for baby items heading to the Holy Land couldn't be more appropriate: "swaddling clothes needed."
The Gospel of Luke mentions, after all, that Mary wrapped the baby Jesus in "swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."
But the "swaddling clothes" of modern times come in the form of onesies, the one-piece clothing item for babies, and it's the [...]