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A view of Nativity Scene, crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, with Baby Jesus' crib covered by a Palestinian kaffiyeh donated by delegates of the Palestinian Embassy to the Holy See, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A view of Nativity Scene, crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, with Baby Jesus' crib covered by a Palestinian kaffiyeh donated by delegates of the Palestinian Embassy to the Holy See, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A view of Nativity Scene, crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, with Baby Jesus' crib covered by a Palestinian kaffiyeh donated by delegates of the Palestinian Embassy to the Holy See, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A view of Nativity Scene, crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, with Baby Jesus' crib covered by a Palestinian kaffiyeh donated by delegates of the Palestinian Embassy to the Holy See, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas tree and those who have crafted the life-size nativity scene at the tree's feet, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas tree and those who have crafted the life-size nativity scene at the tree's feet, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A view of the life-size nativity scene, representing a traditional fishing house of the lagoon of Grado, northern Italy, that adorns St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A view of the life-size nativity scene, representing a traditional fishing house of the lagoon of Grado, northern Italy, that adorns St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis arrives to meet the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas tree and those who have crafted the life-size nativity scene at the tree's feet, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis arrives to meet the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas tree and those who have crafted the life-size nativity scene at the tree's feet, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas tree and those who have crafted the life-size nativity scene at the tree's feet, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas tree and those who have crafted the life-size nativity scene at the tree's feet, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)