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Holy Land preps for scaled-down Christmas amid COVID-19
Dec 16, 2020 senior correspondent
Newly appointed Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa Jerusalem, leads a procession to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem s old city Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. The senior official of the Roman Catholic Church in Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa became the tenth Patriarch of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem on Friday, after a solemn entry into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Pizzaballa was appointed Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem by Pope Francis last month. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)
Like much of the rest of the world, the Holy Land – the place of Jesus’s birth, ministry and death – has felt the ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic, and as a result, will be celebrating Christmas differently this year.