Marcello Piacenti of Italy, project manager on the renovation of the roof of the Church of the Nativity, gestures as he stands in front of a mosaic from 1,100 A.D., the Crusader period, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Nov. 20. More than five years in the planning and researching, the restoration of the church’s wooden beams and lead roof and its 38 windows represents the beginning of an ambitious project. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill) (Dec. 11, 2013) See NATIVITY-ROOF Dec. 11, 2013 .