Is-siġra tal-Milied u x-xena tan-natività jinxtegħlu fi Pjazza San Pietru
12/12/2020St Peter’s Square was aglow on Friday evening, as a host of onlookers beheld the lighting of this year’s creche and Christmas tree.
It provided a sign of Advent hope in Christ’s coming for a world straining under the darkness of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The event began at 5:00 PM Rome time, and attendees observed all the now-normal health measures.
Silent night
The tree—a 30-meter-tall, 7-ton Norway spuce (Picea abies)—stood glowing with pride, surpassed in height in its immediate surroundings only by the ancient Egyptian obelisk towering next to it… Kompli aqra »