Pope Celebrates Christmas Eve Mass Amid Security Fears
Associated Press VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas with a midnight Mass on Friday amid heightened security concerns following the package bombings at two Rome embassies and Christmas Eve security breaches at the Vatican the past two years. Benedict processed down the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica at the start and end of the Mass without incident; with his normal phalanx of bodyguards on either side, he stopped several times to bless babies held up to him from the pews. Christmas Around the…
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Pope Celebrates Christmas Eve Mass Amid Security Fears
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