BENEDICT XVI: NEWS, PAPAL TEXTS, PHOTOS AND COMMENTARY

Pope visits the Nativity scene
on St. Peter's Square

After the Vespers service, the Holy Father visited the Nativity scene on St. Peter's Square accompanied by Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, president of the Vatican Governatorate. He arrived and left in the Popemobile.











The Pope returned to the Apostolic Palace around 8 p.m.

[I have not read anywhere whether Mons. Georg Ratzinger is already in Rome - he usually flies in on or around Dec. 28 to spend New Year and his birthday (Jan. 15) with his brother.]