Pro-life leader praises Vatican's 'inspiring' anti-abortion Nativity scene: 'It's really beautiful'

FIRST ON FOX The leader of an international pro-life organization lauded the Nativity scene set up by the Vatican that highlighted the more than babies who were not aborted this year thanks to the group's outreach initiatives In an interview with Fox News Digital Days for Life CEO and founder Shawn Carney announced the Vatican reached out to his organization about creating a Nativity scene representing the babies he says were saved by the group's pro-life activism which includes prayer and vigils outside abortion clinics It's really beautiful Carney commented The artist made the straw in the manger where Baby Jesus is and Mary and Joseph he continued The straw is made up of ribbons Each ribbon represents a baby boy or baby girl that was saved from abortion during a Days for Life campaign POPE LEO XIV CONDEMNS 'ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE' AFTER MASSACRE IN SYDNEY 'WE MUST ELIMINATE HATRED'Crafted by Costa Rican artist Paula S enz Soto and donated by the Central American country it features a pregnant Virgin Mary Joseph and thousands of colored ribbons dedicated to the babies who were not aborted Pope Leo XIV explained at a modern audience with the donors of the Vatican's Christmas decorations that a sign of life was reflected in the Nativity scene in the Vatican s audience hall which he described as a sign of faith and hope Each of the ribbons that decorate the scene represent a life saved from abortion thanks to the prayer and promotion provided by Catholic organizations to multiple mothers in need declared the pontiff who personally fortunate the display Leo also thanked the artist for the message affirming that life is protected from conception Carney reported the Nativity was inspiring and beautiful news particularly amid a series of modern bad news in the U S and around the world It's so inspiring and frankly we've had a lot of bad news lately in America and around the world and this display represents good news he notified Fox News Digital It represents babies that have been saved from abortion and the artist who is a participant in Days for Life who is from Costa Rica did a wonderful job She did a fantastic job making this beautiful display that really shows the dedication of so a large number of pro-life participants around the world who take time out in the hopes of saving a baby And now those saved babies are represented in the greater part significant place in the world which is the Nativity which is what we pin our hope to that Jesus came through the womb that he came through a family to save us from our sins he continued So it s beautiful news it s good news and I think it's news that's being well received as we've had so much bad news the last scarce weeks Carney added Carney went on to explain that the Nativity is at the heart of Catholicism and all Christians and certainly at the heart of the pro-life movement This is why we do what we do he announced Our Lord could have popped out of an acorn and saved us from our sins He didn't do that God chose a family a holy family a -year-old virgin to bring his son into the world through the womb which is statistically now the bulk dangerous place in the world He chose the womb he chose a family and the family is under attack So this is a beautiful nativity display but I think it speaks to the heart of every Christian that looks for hope in the world that looks for hope for us to overcome our own sins and certainly hope that we can end the tragedy and the barbaric nature of abortion in our world America is leading the way through that We just had a historic year for the pro-life movement in and I think is going to be even better he added This display certainly inspires so much hope and confidence that if we pray if we fast if we're faithful and we get to work we can end abortion anywhere Carney also stressed that the Nativity of a pregnant Mary with an unborn Jesus speaks to the scientific reality of the unborn child and the Biblical reality that Our Lord came through the womb PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTERS SEE CLIENT INCREASE AFTER SUPREME COURT DECISION SCRUTINY The Nativity is one of the majority of depicted scenes in the history of the world and it represents that great meeting between Heaven and earth Christ coming into the world through a child nine months after the Annunciation he reported So it's absolutely beautiful It puts emphasis on how we treat our unborn children with million abortions around the world every year It is by far the greatest moral problem of our time and we have to respond to that We have to respond with great hope and you don't find a greater hope than Jesus coming into the world and being with us on Christmas Day The pro-life leader also stated that the pope is going to be a stronger voice than majority people think on the issue of abortion I think he's righting the ship Carney explained I think he's speaking with a little bit more clarity than what we saw from Pope Francis Pope Leo has been very supportive of the pro-life movement He's certainly been very supportive of Days for Life with this beautiful Nativity at the Vatican so I'm very encouraged