After a particularly violent week leading up to the Christmas holiday, world leaders used their yearly holiday messages to heal and speak out against injustices.
Bells at the Church of the Nativity summoned the faithful to Mass in the little town of Bethlehem, where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born.
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, the top Roman Catholic official in the Holy Land, led a Christmas Eve midnight Mass, as hundreds of worshippers prayed in the Nativity Church.
In his Christmas Eve message, Patriarch Twal urged Jews, Muslims and Christians to live in peace in the Holy Land.
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Source: Voice of America
