Pope Francis meets with NBA players at the Vatican 00:58. Pope Francis will celebrate Midnight Mass earlier than usual to comply with Italy's anti-coronavirus curfew and will deliver his Christmas ...

Pope Francis’ Midnight Mass will begin at 7:30 p.m. this year, as the Italian government extends a national curfew through the Christmas season. Saturday, June 21, 2025.

Pope Francis offers blessing at Christmas Eve Mass 01:03. On Christmas Eve in Italy, church bells rang earlier than usual. The Italian government's 10 p.m. curfew prompted pastors to move up ...

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass as virus surges in Italy 'Midnight Mass' actually began at 7:30 p.m., a nod to 85-year-old pope’s endurance and a holdover from last year's COVID-19 curfew ...

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass at Vatican 02:13. VATICAN CITY-- In his Christmas Eve homily Thursday, Pope Francis noted the simplicity of Jesus' birth as he rebuked what he called ...

Pope Francis conducts his first Christmas Eve midnight mass at St. Peter's Basilica, urging people to choose between darkness and light. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Pope Francis December 25, 2021 Pope Francis kisses a figurine of the baby Jesus at the start of Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 24, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) ...

The schedule begins with what many people refer to as “midnight Mass” although the Mass has not been celebrated at midnight at the Vatican since 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI moved it to 10 p.m ...

Pope Francis will celebrate Midnight Mass earlier than usual to comply with Italy’s anti-coronavirus curfew and will deliver his Christmas and New Year's blessings in ways that aim to prevent ...

ROME — Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before an estimated 2,000 people in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, ... The “Midnight Mass” actually began at 7:30 p.m., ...

Pope Francis will celebrate Midnight Mass earlier than usual to comply with Italy's anti-coronavirus curfew and will deliver his Christmas and New Year's blessings in ways that aim to prevent ...