{"id":3904,"date":"2015-09-30T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2015-09-30T14:02:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T14:02:42","slug":"popes-u-s-visit-included-latin-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/popes-u-s-visit-included-latin-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope’s U.S Visit included Latin Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings Everyone! As most of you know the Pope came to the U.S within the last week for a visit and during this visit I found it very exciting that he gave a mass partial in Latin! So this article is a report of the mass, history of Latin mass, the reception of mass in Latin.<\/p>\n

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Pope Francis in August 2014. Courtesy of WikiCommons and Stemoc.<\/p><\/div>\n

When & Where:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s mass in Washington, D.C., at which the Pope will canonize Father Juniperro Serra, he\u2019ll add another linguistic twist. The main prayers of the service, along with the celebration of the Eucharist\u2014the part of the service when people take communion\u2014will be in Latin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reception:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Latin! This is an exclamation-mark-worthy fact for a few reasons. \u201cIt\u2019s very unusual,\u201d said Father John O\u2019Malley, the Georgetown University professor and author of What Happened at Vatican II<\/i>. \u201cIt\u2019s not unheard of, but it doesn\u2019t make much sense, if you\u2019re in an English parish, or a Spanish parish, to do it in Latin.\u201d<\/p>\n

While it may make much sense, everyone must admit it is a real treat. Latin is mass is rarity these days-moreso a Latin mass performed by the POPE!<\/p>\n