and the latin patriarch made the journey from here to jerusalem. he is a palestinian descent. he offered prayers for the conflict in the middle east and also for the israeli palestinian conflict here. he hoped that there would be resolution to the on going conflict here. it is a prayer from groups that are here around the region guys. back to you. thank you, conner. thank you. what a great thing to be able to be in bethlehem. i want to be here next year. all right, so today a lot of people ripping into the christmas presents and having a big breakfast. we have our favorites how about you? my favorite is rudolph.
calling for love around the next to me world. and showing more evidence of the we got a lot of kissing up to humility of his papalcy. he carried a statue himself of do and and when i see you the baby to the manger. four more nights on my own, four more days, three more he noted that the first to receive news of the baby s birth trees, mistletoe, i can t believe i ever let you go were the shepherds were considered outcasts. on my own we want to go to what is happening in bethlehem. that is the biblical birthplace the i m on my own of jesus christ where thousands are gathered celebrate the if i can make it through christmas birthplace of jesus. is it festive? it will be one more, it will be one more reporter: well, good morning. and merry christmas from here in
his humility. during the service he carried a statue of the baby jesus to the area himself. he noted that the first to receive news of jesus birth whereshepherds. in bethlehem thousands are gathering celebrate christmas. this morning our own coner powell is celebrating. good morning and merry christmas. few places around the world if any do christmas lake they do in bethlehem. they papped it off with a large parade with 20 different groups
bethleh one more christmas bethlehem. christians have flocked here to oh the the the celebrate. there were families out having a good time enjoying the fess sifities in the manger square. the focus turned toward midnight mass. the leader of the catholic church here led the midnight mass. he also prayed for peace here in the palestinian on going conflict. asking for an equitable resolution. the spot where christians believe mary gave birth to jesus. it is needed serious renovations
they said the crowd this this is not for everybody. year was the largest they this is a very, very hard r have seen in years. the violence in the middle rated movie. east has chased away a lot it almost got an nc 17 and the of people from visiting bethlehem but it is on the original cut of the film was up swing here and almost four hours. organizers here in this is one of his best. palestine and israel very happy about that. he didn t win and academy award it was an interesting experience being down there. yesterday we heard lots of until the departed . english, american visitors, he award for the career versus europeanof visitors also from asia. the performance. it is my number two movie of the there were religious, christians, muslims, just year check it out. mer vy christmas. nonreligious just checking and here is what is coming up it all out. a very special scene. merry christmas from ups a day back to you. connor, thank you. merry christmas to you. later. i ve got a wager for