St Catherine’s Church

Midnight Mass at this pink-toned church, next door to the Church of the Nativity, is broadcast across the world on Christmas Eve, but there’s nothing like being there in person for an atmospheric – if rather lengthy – Christmas experience.

To access the church via the Church of the Nativity, you need to wander through the Crusader-era Franciscan cloister with a statue of St Jerome.

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