Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal heads a mass at the Latin Church in the West Bank city of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem on December 19, 2009. Twal will head the night mass of the Christmas in the Church of the Nativity on Christmas eve. Scores of Christian pilgrims are preparing to gather here to celebrate Christmas. [Xinhua]

A nun prays during a mass headed by the Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal at the Latin Chur36ch in the West Bank city of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem on December 19, 2009. Twal will head the night mass of the Christmas in the Church of the Nativity on Christmas eve. Scores of Christian pilgrims are preparing to gather here to celebrate Christmas. [Xinhua]