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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, May 25, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Pope begins Holy Mass in Bethlehem
Pope Francis walks onto a yellow-and-white festooned dais in Manger Square accompanied by a coterie of white-robed Catholic priests for mass. With a large mural of the birth of Jesus behind him, the infant draped in a checkered Palestinian scarf, Francis leads the prayers with choral accompaniment.
Francis is reportedly accompanied in Bethlehem by Maronite Cardinal Bechara Boutros al Ra’i and the heads of the Chaldean and Coptic Catholic churches.
In the front row, PA President Mahmoud Abbas wears a papal visit baseball cap.
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