Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV brought back the Christmas Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Wednesday night, which is the first held there since 1994.
About 11,000 attended the mass, inside and out, despite rainy conditions, the Catholic News Agency reported.
Regarding the birth of Jesus, Pope Leo described it as, "God gives us nothing less than his very self, in order to 'redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own.'"
To find the savior, he said, "We must look below to find God among us in the manger."
Related
