Midnight mass in Kidapawan City

Filipinos celebrate midnight mass Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Our Lady of Mediatrix of All Grace Cathedral in Kidapawan City in Mindanao. Parish priest Fr Gerry Tacdoro celebrated the mass, a tradition in the Philippines. Outside the church, several stalls are selling rice cakes and other delicacies. (Mindanao Examiner Photo / Geo Solmerno and Giovanni Solmerano)