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Low-key Christmas in Bethlehem

 29 December 2020
Low-key Christmas in Bethlehem

People wearing protective facemasks during Mass in the grotto of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the West Bank, on Christmas morning. Photo: CNS

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