Christmas Midnight Mass In Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 25: Foud Twal, the Latin Patriarch of the Holy Land, embraces Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) as the Palestinian Authority leader attends the Christmas Midnight Mass in Saint Catherine's Church on December 25, 2012 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Thousands of pilgrims made their way to the Church of the Nativity this week to worship at the sacred site believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. (Photo by Abed Al Hashlamoun-Pool/Getty Images)