Kidnapped Jesus In Frénouville, a small town in Calvados, Normandy, the statue of the Child disappeared from the nativity scene. Father Morand launched an appeal on social media to find him: “We ask whoever took him to kindly return him.” The parish priest does not hide the fact that “the Christians of Frénouville are a little shocked”. But he doesn’t make a fuss: “We’d better find it, but it’s not irreplaceable, it’s not a collector’s item!” And, in any case, no “ransom” will be paid by Jesus.
The priest believes that it is more of a “joke” than a malicious act. Although the news is treated with concern in French newspapers. On Facebook, the parish asks internet users to “share” the publication, “so that the nativity scene is complete again for Epiphany and so that children can continue to come and admire it”.
Meanwhile, Father Morand will meet in the next few days with the artisans of Frénouville to see how to replace the statuette, which measures around fifteen centimeters, until the arrival of the Three Kings. “If we don’t find him, we will take the boy from the nearby church of Soliers to Frénouville.” “It will be like fleeing to Egypt”, he imagines mischievously, remembering the “journey” of Joseph and Mary with little Jesus to escape King Herod who had ordered the killing of all children under two years of age for fear that the future sovereign would be among them. that could bring him down. “Only this time the “escape” will not be on the back of a donkey, but by car.”
Source: IL Tempo

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