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The fair was held with a limited number of participants, around 200 people, to protect against infection.
In view of the Crown’s rules, the Vatican had to advance the mass on Thursday. It started at 7:30 p.m., earlier than usual, because in Italy there is a curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day.
The mass in memory of the birth of Christ some 2,000 years ago was broadcast live in various countries and on the Internet. The leader of the Catholic Church placed the theme of God’s grace at the center of his sermon. “The food of life is to love God and neighbor,” said the Holy Father. Instead of feeling sorry, let the believers be called to help their neighbor care for him. “God’s love reminds us that the time we have should not be used to feel sorry for us, but to comfort those who suffer,” Francis said.
The 84-year-old Pope will not recite the Christmas message on December 25 and the blessing “Urbi et Orbi” (“The city and the world”) from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, but in the blessing room of the Cathedral.
Already at Easter, Francis had not pronounced this blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, as is usual. Instead, after the festive mass, he celebrated his Easter address with very few believers in front of the main altar in the empty St. Peter’s Basilica and then donated the blessing.
The Angelus prayer at noon, customary on Sundays and holidays, with a speech by the Pope will be broadcast by the Vatican media on April 26 and 27 December 1, 3 and 6 and January not from the third floor window of the Palace Apostolic, but from the library of the Apostolic Palace. From there, Francis had recently given the usual general audience weekly video speeches.
