If you can't make it to Rome this Christmas Eve, you can still watch Pope Francis' traditional holiday mass from the comfort of your home.

Just beside it, at at 7 p.m. Rome time, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door, or Porta Santa, symbolizing the path to salvation, and entered to begin the traditional midnight Mass at St. Peter's.

Peter’s Basilica by Pope Francis, moments before the celebration of the traditional Midnight Mass. This ritual, which represents access to divine mercy, marks the beginning of a special period ...

On the following day, Dec. 26, known as the feast of St. Stephen, he will preside at Mass in Rome's Rebibbia prison. On New Year's Eve, the Pope will pray First Vespers and the Te Deum in St ...