It is blessed each year on Christmas eve or Christmas day. All make the Sign of the Cross ... all join in prayers of intercession and in the Lord's Prayer. Then the leader invites: Pray now ...

Christmas Eve is the one day that comes before Christmas ... On this day, people go for church masses and pray for the Lord’s blessings. The day is observed around the world and in most western ...

Pope Francis then presided over the Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's ... He was due to deliver his traditional Christmas Day blessing, Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world), at midday on ...