Pope Francis presides over the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit ...

He made the comments as he led Roman Catholics around the world in Christmas celebrations on Tuesday night. Pope Francis, celebrating the 12th Christmas of his papacy, led a solemn Christmas Eve Mass ...

In this image released by Vatican Media, Pope Francis opens the holy door marking the start of the Catholic jubilar year 2025 before presiding over the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica ...

Pope Francis is celebrating the Vatican's traditional Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a newly restored St. Peter's Basilica. The restoration is part of preparations for the 2025 Jubilee Year ...

Vatican City, Dec 24, 2024 / 17:20 pm. Hope lives, Pope Francis said in his homily for Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican as he reflected on the incredible fact that the infinite God became a small ...

The Vatican is set to open five sacred portals starting on Christmas Eve for the first time in 25 years.. The opening of the Holy Doors marks the beginning of the 2025 Jubilee which is a year of ...

How to watch “The Pope’s Christmas Eve Mass”: Is it streaming? Yes, you can stream the ceremony on the Vatican’s YouTube channel. In past years, the mass has also been streamed live by ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve with a late-night Mass Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica and a phone call to some Iraqi refugees forced to flee their homes by Muslim ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his Christmas Eve homily Thursday, Pope Francis noted the simplicity of Jesus' birth as he rebuked what he called societies' intoxication with consumerism, pleasure ...

Pope Francis presides over Christmas eve Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday Dec. 24, 2023. Credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia “We are close to our brothers and sisters suffering from war.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Recalling Jesus ... Pope Francis blesses a family as he presides over Christmas Eve Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ...

VATICAN CITY — Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable in Bethlehem, Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today" prevents Jesus “from finding room in the ...