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Vatican Midnight Christmas Mass
Margaret Bourke-White1944-12
LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States
Unprecedented Chistmas midnight mass conducted by Pope Pius XII fr. the high altar covered by the Bernini canopy for a huge crowd of worshippers: the first time since Charlemagne's coronation that a Pope has said Midnight Mass at St. Peter's Cathedral.
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- Title: Vatican Midnight Christmas Mass
- Date: 1944-12
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
- Subject Keywords: Buildings, Italy, Interior, Religions, Religious Attendance, Vatican, Papacy, Religion, Mass, Roman Catholic, Church, Services, Pope Pius Xii, Christmas, Vintage Print, 1940s
- Publisher: TimeLife
- Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
- Provider: LIFE
- Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
- Original ID: TimeLife_image_743422
- Credits: LIFE
- Copyright: © Time Inc.
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