Their homes just like joseph and mary had to do before the birth of jesus christ also coming up. Hundreds of christians attend the first Christmas Eve mass in mosul sense islamic extremists were grip driven out almost six months ago theyre hoping Christian Life can thrive again in the city. And kremlin critic alex i know danny has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next years election hes considered the strongest potential challenger to president Vladimir Putin but a Court Conviction bars him from running. Plus david and goliath out in nature conservationists in south africa are turning to one of the worlds tiniest creatures in their effort to contain damage caused by one of the biggest. High maya schwager welcome to the program. And we start in the vatican where pope francis has celebrated the traditional Christmas Eve Midnight Mass in the splendor of st peters basilica and remarks earlier the pope compared mary and joseph journey to bethlehem to the mass mass migrat
Pope francis has urged the worlds roman catholics not to ignore the plight of migrants who have been forced to flee because of violence. At Christmas Eve mass in saint peters basilica, the pontiff drew comparisons with the biblical story of mary and joseph, who found no place to stay in bethlehem when mary was about to give birth tojesus. Pope francis said respect for migrants was an integral part of christianity. Virginia langeberg reports. In vatican city, the faithful began gathering long before midnight in st peters square. Beneath a giant christmas tree, a scene to reflect the birth of jesus, while inside the basilica began the annual ceremony, steeped in catholic tradition. This, the fifth Christmas Eve mass to be held by pope francis. With 1. 2 million roman catholics followers around the world, the pontiff used his speech to highlight the plight of migrants, telling his followers the story of mary and joseph, and the trials they were forced to endure on theirjourney to bethlehe
As we go to wear, lets bring you some breaking news, there has been an explosion that has hit an area of kabul, near the location of afg hanistans Central Intelligence agency. There has been no word on the cause of the blast which occurred close to the entrance of the National Security complex. An explosion in couple and we will bring you more as we get it in kabul. Pope francis has urged the worlds roman catholics not to ignore the plight of migrants who have been forced to flee because of violence. At Christmas Eve mass in saint peters basilica, the pontiff drew comparisons with the biblical story of mary and joseph, who found no place to stay in bethlehem when mary was about to give birth tojesus. Pope francis said respect for migrants was an integral part of christianity. Virginia langeberg reports. In vatican city, the faithful began gathering long before midnight in st peters square. Beneath a giant christmas tree, a scene to reflect the birth of jesus, while inside the basilica
To our son and wife. Answers ad a plea for month after a man was shot and killed while being chased by u. S. Park police. Now, abc 7 news at 11 00, on your side. Kellye right now we are tracking santa as he makes his way around the world. He is in portsmouth, new hampshire, so kids, if you are still up, head to bed as soon as you can. Santa is coming, and temperatures will drop her that meteorologist steve rudin is in the weather center. We are going to get some cold weather and wind . Cold weather and the wind arrives in the Early Morning hours Christmas Day and stick around a good part of the upcoming workweek. Clouds and radar for you ohio, west virginia, and western maryland. County,es in garrett allegheny county, and washington county. Heading closer to the d. C. Metro, not looking at any snow, but light rain showers mixing in with flakes later tonight. Not looking for any accumulations early in the morning. The wind advisory will go into effect 3 a. M. Through the day tomorrow, w
Blustery Christmas Day tomorrow. Yeah, no White Christmas for us but we are in for a windy one. We will see the wind gusts up to 45 mrl. It will be windy. If you are visiting homes tomorrow, make sure you are bundled up. And is the wind advisory, if you are in the shaded brown tan area here, we have a wind advisory. Here is tomorrow afternoon. After that, its still going to be freezing out here. Here is a look at your holiday weather. Blustery christmas. We did get flakes out there earlier. And that ends around midnight in the next couple hours. The middle of the week, we have an arctic blast coming up. If you think tomorrow will be would, wait until the end of the week. Thank you. Meanwhile, Sheriff Deputies responded to a domestic dispute. And investigators suspect shot them. News 4s chris gordon is live with how it happened. Chris . Reporter tonight, investigators tell us exactly how they think the shooting went down. Take a look behind me. You see an active crime scene. Investigato