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Vatican Midnight Christmas Mass
Worshippers incl. Amer. soldiers, sitting & standing on top of confessional booth to view unprecedented Chistmas midnight mass conducted by Pope Pius XII fr. the high altar; the first time since Charlemagne's coronation that a Pope has said Midnight Mass
Location:Rome, Italy
Date taken:December 1944
Photographer:Margaret Bourke-White
Size:1280 x 1263 pixels (17.8 x 17.5 inches)

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