Christmas at St Peter's
 
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Workers use a crane to erect a 100 foot Christmas tree in St Peter's Square. In 2008 the Vatican announced that the tree would be recycled into wooden toys and children's furniture.

Christmas music from the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music - Year 2000
Offertorium: Adeste fideles
Versione di Domenico Bartolucci Durata: 3:16 - 3,860 Mb Coro Polifonico del Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra; Walter Marzilli, direttore.



Heaven does not belong to the geography of space, but to the geography of the heart. And the heart of God, during the Holy Night, stooped down to the stable: the humility of God is Heaven. And if we approach this humility, then we touch Heaven.

MIDNIGHT MASS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Christmas 2007

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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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