Pope John Paul hits the little screen

ROME - Trendy, high-tech Roman Catholics won't have to sit at home this Christmas to watch the Pope's Christmas Midnight Mass on television.

They can watch the whole thing from wherever they are on the latest generation of cell phones.

Italian state broadcaster RAI said on Thursday it has reached an agreement with cell phone operators TIM and Vodafone to broadcast the 84-year-old Pontiff's Midnight Mass from the Vatican on December 24 as well as his Christmas Day message and blessing at 1100 GMT on Friday (midnight on Saturday NZ time).

- REUTERS