Christmas in Kathmandu

Narayan Maharjan | NurPhoto | AFP

Aleteia Image Department - published on 01/03/18

Photo of the Day: January 3, 2018Five-year-old Elizabeth gazes with anticipation at the decorations in Nepal’s first Catholic church, the Church of the Assumption in Dhobighat, Lalitpur, Nepal, before Mass on Christmas Eve. The population of Nepal is approximately 26 million, of which about 8,500 are Catholic.

Photograph by Narayan Maharjan for NurPhoto via AFP

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