In a troubled world, Christians strive to put aside earthly worries on Christmas Eve
Christians around the world were striving on Christmas Eve to put aside the worries and fears of an unsettled, war-torn world as they prepared to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
Before leading Sunday Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Cardinal Timothy Dolan reminded congregants to keep war-torn parts of the Middle East in their Christmas prayers.
“As we anticipate Christmas, our hearts always go to the holy land,” he said, referring to parts of Israel and the Palestinian territories.
A muslim man prays at dusk with a view of the Tel Aviv skyline behind him on Christmas Eve. (Getty)
“The holy land is under a cloud, the holy land is suffering, the holy land is filled with violence and hatred and retribution.
"And this dulls and threatens t...