Vatican' Christmas Web page allows for e-mail messages to pope

Published: 2003-12-22

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's Internet office has opened a Christmas page on the Vatican Web site, making it possible for computer users to watch midnight Mass live or send Pope John Paul II a Christmas greeting. English writers should send their greetings to the pope at: john_paul_ii@vatican.va. By going to the Vatican homepage -- www.vatican.va -- and clicking on the Christmas icon, the baby Jesus' head, Web surfers can find an index with everything from the pope's e-mail address to Christmas hymns performed by the Sistine Choir or the choirs of the Pontifical Institute for Sacred Music.

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