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Mass stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI's broken wrist kept him from joining his hands in prayer as he celebrated Mass today, AFP reports. "What pains him the most is to be no longer able to bless with his right hand and to be no longer able to clasp his hands together,"... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Mass • prayer

 Pope Celebrates Mass 
 in Jesus' Hometown 

40,000 join Benedict in Nazareth, Israel's largest Arab city

May 14, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated mass today with 40,000 adoring followers in Jesus' hometown of Nazareth, the AP reports, where he urged Christian and Muslim residents to overcome recent strife and "reject the destructive power of hatred and prejudice." On the fourth day of his Holy Land pilgrimage,... More »

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Israel • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Palestine • Benjamin Netanyahu • Mass • Arab Israeli conflict • Holy Land • Nazareth

OPINION

Xmas Spirit Translates Better in Foreign Tongue: Keillor

Writer 'feels the religious fervor' at Spanish mass

Dec 24, 08 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Garrison Keillor is no Scrooge, but can find it hard to get the Christmas spirit, he writes for Salon. In New York for “the general dazzlement and variety,” and a holiday unbound by obligations of small-town homogeny, Keillor finds Yuletide spirit in a Spanish-language mass at St. Patrick’... More »

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Christianity • New York • Mass • holiday • Spanish • Christmas • Garrison Keillor

(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas as midnight struck at the Vatican, leading the celebration of Midnight Mass in the splendor of St. Peter's Basilica. Thousands of pilgrims, Romans, and tourists packed the basilica for the midnight service given by the 81-year-old pope. For those unable to enter, giant screens... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • St. Peter's Basilica • Mass

 US Bishops
 Rewrite
 Catholic Mass

Language loftier, less prosaic 

Aug 12, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time in almost five decades, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has changed the wording of the Catholic Mass for both priests and congregations. The Mass liturgy, often criticiized as being too conversational to be reverent, is being rewritten to sound loftier, reports National Public Radio.  More »

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Mass • Jesuits • Roman Catholic Church • US Conference of Catholic Bishops • liturgy • All Things Considered • James Martin

 Pope to Kids:
 Spurn 'Spiritual Desert' 

Young should change lives of 'quiet despair,' Benedict pleads

Jul 20, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI called on young Christians to revive spirituality by rejecting modern society's greed and materialism, AP reports. At a mass of 350,000 young pilgrims in Sydney, and a global TV audience of millions, the pope called for "a new age in which hope liberates us from... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Christianity • religion • Mass • pilgrims • Sydney • Roman Catholicism • World Youth Day

 Pope Hails Easter Conversions 

Benedict XVI demands end to conflicts in Tibet, Middle East

Mar 23, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Easter Mass today, hailing the miracle of conversion, "which renews itself even today" before a rain-soaked crowd in St. Peter's Square and calling for an end to hostilities in "Darfur and Somalia, the tormented Middle East, especially the Holy Land, Iraq, Lebanon, and Tibet.... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • St. Peter's Basilica • Rome • Easter • Mass • Tibet • Christians • St. Peter's Square • Jesus Christ • Magdi Allam • Corriere della Sera • urbi et orbi • Holy Land

Hundreds Mourn Slain Marine at Ohio Funeral

Slain woman had 'strong spirit'

Feb 2, 08 4:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds of family members and friends gathered near Dayton, Ohio, today for the funeral of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, the pregnant Marine murdered in North Carolina in December. Marines carried her casket; a smaller one held the body of her unborn child, Gabriel. Some 200 members of a group called... More »

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Mass • funeral • Maria Lauterbach • Marine • Cesar Laurean • pregnant marine • burial

Mass Embarrassment:
Priests Need Latin Lessons

Pope restores old rite, but clerics don't know the words

Jul 16, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Traditionalist Catholics have lauded Pope Benedict's recent call for more Masses in Latin, but priests are biting their nails—few of them know enough of the language to say a Latin Mass. Even Italian priests face embarrassment in the wake of Pope Benedict 's decision to allow Latin services at... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Latin Mass • Latin liturgy • Mass • Catholicism • language

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