코로나19가 삼킨 성탄 전야교황 주례 미사도 대폭 축소<br />As COVID-19 continues to rage across the world,... the Vatican on Thursday held a downsized mass on Christmas Eve.<br />Mask-clad and kept to a smaller section of St. Peter's Basilica, only around 100 people attended the annual midnight mass,... which, in normal times,... sees a turnout of some 10-thousand.<br />It also began two hours earlier,... at 7:30PM local time,... to keep in line with Italy's 10PM curfew restrictions.<br />Pope Francis delivered a message of encouragement, reminding the world of the humanity and love needed to "remove pessimism" amid the pandemic.<br />He also urged people to look after those in need, and those suffering during these difficult times. <br />
