Addressing an audience of thousands packing Manger Square in Bethlehem to hear his pre-Christmas homily, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, the senior Roman Catholic bishop in the Holy Land, yesterday urged "men of good will" to seek peace in the Middle East — and celebrated "the birth of Christ our Lord and the birth of the state of Palestine."
"The path [to statehood] remains long and will require a united effort," said Twal, who is a Palestinian citizen of Jordan.
In Vatican City, meanwhile, Pope Benedict XVI marked Christmas Eve with a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica that began at 10 p.m. with the blare of trumpets, symbolizing joy over the news of Christ's birth in Bethlehem.
The basilica's main bell tolled outside, and the voices of the Vatican's boys choir wafted across the similarly packed venue.
Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican traditionally begins at midnight, but the start was moved up years ago to give the pope, now 85, more time to rest before delivering his Christmas speech.
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