This is the day when billions of people around the world celebrate the birth of jesus christ. Thousands flock to Christmas Services in the biblical town of bethlehem where jesus was born, and thousands more went to the vatican last night where pope francis celebrated the annual Christmas Eve midnight mass. Anna matranga is there with the popes christmas message. Reporter pope francis celebrated the traditional Christmas Eve mass at st. Peters basilica. The crowd filled the pews while maint. Testing net03 f1 in his homily francis spoke of the tenderness of gods live and the need for more tenderness in the world today. He said gods message of peace is stronger than darkness and corruption. This is the message of christmas night. The plight of Christian Refugees is very important to pope francis. Earlier today he called a group of Iraqi Christians forced to flee by muslim militants and he told them, i bless you and im close to you. Noncatholics also heard his call. Jin lu came all the way
Opener, your world in 90 seconds. The faithful around the world celebrate christmas. Pope francis celebrated with a traditional late night mass in the basilica. Celebrating at the church of the nativity. Whats your favorite part about christmas . Spending time with my family. Protesters clashed with police at the scene of tuesdays shooting, 18yearold video appeared to show him pointing a gun at the officer. An error at the cdc may have exposed a lab worker to ebola. Now available on demand and will be on movie screens today. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. Former president h. W. Bush remains in a houston hospital. A Spokesman Says his prognosis remains positive. Christmas came early in hong kong when millions in cash spilled out onto the highway. All that the queen arrived for a traditional Christmas Day church service. Shes joined by senior members of the royal family. Were here with our family and were all hugely excited about seeing the royal family. And all that matters firefighter
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