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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa delivers a speech in Bethlehem town in the Israel-occupied West Bank on December 24, 2024, where he is slated to lead the annual Christmas eve procession at the Church of the Nativity. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)