Merry Christmas! Catholics Celebrate Birth of Jesus
Festive mass on Christmas Eve at a Catholic church in Novosibirsk, Russia.
Festive mass on Christmas Eve at a Catholic church in Novosibirsk, Russia.
A child dressed as Santa Claus is held up by her mother on Christmas Eve at St. Paul's church in Amritsar, India, on 24 December 2021.
A child dressed as Santa Claus is held up by her mother on Christmas Eve at St. Paul's church in Amritsar, India, on 24 December 2021.
Young altar servers light up their candles during the Christmas Eve mass at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Um al-Noor in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, on 24 December 2021.
Young altar servers light up their candles during the Christmas Eve mass at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Um al-Noor in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, on 24 December 2021.
The mitre (hat) and crosier (pastoral staff) of Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Basra Habib Nafali are seen behind a bonfire during the Christmas eve mass at the Church of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus in the southern Iraq city of Basra on 24 December 2021.
The mitre (hat) and crosier (pastoral staff) of Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Basra Habib Nafali are seen behind a bonfire during the Christmas eve mass at the Church of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus in the southern Iraq city of Basra on 24 December 2021.
Children perform at the Mother Teresa Cathedral during the midnight Christmas mass in Pristina on 25 December 2021.
Children perform at the Mother Teresa Cathedral during the midnight Christmas mass in Pristina on 25 December 2021.
Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, third from left, archbishop of the archdiocese of Denver, greets actors Jill Brun, left, James Joseph, second from left, and David Martinez, as they take part in a live nativity scene outside the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception before Christmas Eve Mass, 24 December 2021, in downtown Denver.
Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, third from left, archbishop of the archdiocese of Denver, greets actors Jill Brun, left, James Joseph, second from left, and David Martinez, as they take part in a live nativity scene outside the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception before Christmas Eve Mass, 24 December 2021, in downtown Denver.
Junior doctor Tom Ballas looks into the room of a patient as doctors and nurses share a Christmas Eve meal together in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, Friday, 24 December 2021.
Junior doctor Tom Ballas looks into the room of a patient as doctors and nurses share a Christmas Eve meal together in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, Friday, 24 December 2021.
The Roman-Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary in Moscow.
The Roman-Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary in Moscow.