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Bethlehem celebrates Christmas Eve mass

2011-12-25 39 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> Hundreds of worshippers attended Christmas Eve mass in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Saturday (December 24).<br/> Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch, Fuad Twal, led the mass in the Church of the Nativity, believed by millions of Christians to be located at the exact spot of the birth of Jesus.<br/> The mass in Bethlehem attracted hundreds of tourists from around the world and was also attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.<br/> This year Christians will celebrate the holiday season in a peaceful town where officials have forecasted between 40,000-50,000 tourists.

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