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Vatican Midnight Christmas Mass 1944. Worshippers include American soldiers, sitting and standing on top of a confessional booth to view the unprecedented Chistmas midnight mass conducted by Pope Pius XII. LIFE magazine reported that this was the first time since Charlemagne's coronation in 800AD that a Pope has said Midnight Mass.

Christmas Music from the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933): Vom Himmel Hoch
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Federico Del Sordo, organ.


“Today”. On this night, time opens to eternity, because you, O Christ, are born among us, coming from on high. You came to birth from the womb of a Woman blessed among all women, you “the Son of the Most High”.

MIDNIGHT MASS HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER Christmas, 24 December 2000

Christmas at St Peter's Square A girl poses for a photo in St Peter's Square at Christmas An ornament from the Christmas Tree in St Peter's Square Christmas Tree in St Peter's Square being lifted with a crane
The Nativity Scene in St Peter's Square from the Cupola of the Basilica Night time at the Nativity Scene in St Peter's Square 2005 Workmen adjust the star on the Christmas Tree in St Peter's Square 2007 The Nativity Scene in St Peter's Square
Midnight Mass in St Peter's Basilica with Benedict XVI The unveiling of the Nativity Scene in St Peter's Square A Christmas Crib (Precepio) inside St Peter's Basilica Nighttime during Christmas at St Peter's Square
An evening view of the Nativity Scene in St Peter's Square Nativity Scene in St Peter's Square 2006 American Soilders at Midnight Mass 1944 Nativity Scene in St Peter's Square 2007




 

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