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Christmas celebrated at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity despite COVID travel ban

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Christmas celebrated at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity despite COVID travel ban

Christmas celebrated at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity despite COVID travel ban

Hundreds attended the service led by Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land.


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