Christmas Eve Mass

• Pope holds Christmas Eve Mass as Italy hits 50K COVID-19 cases

  Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before an estimated 2,000 people in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday, going ahead with the service despite a resurgence in COVID-19 cases.

  World

  Dec 24, 2021
  
• Pope says Christianity demands respect for immigrants, compares them to Mary and Joseph

  Even the shepherds who the Bible says were the first to see the child Jesus were "forced to live on the edges of society" and considered dirty, smelly foreigners, Pope Francis said.

  World

  Dec 24, 2017
  
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• Pope Francis bemoans war, poverty and materialism in Christmas message

  Materialism has "taken us hostage this Christmas," he said. "We have to free ourselves of it!"

  World

  Dec 24, 2016