Read more Mass stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5624/mass.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:06:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64733/pope-cant-pray-thanks-to-broken-wrist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope 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," said one...http://www.newser.com/story/64733/pope-cant-pray-thanks-to-broken-wrist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Jul 2009 19:11:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58961/pope-celebrates-mass-in-jesus-hometown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope 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, the pontiff...http://www.newser.com/story/58961/pope-celebrates-mass-in-jesus-hometown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 5:48:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46212/xmas-spirit-translates-better-in-foreign-tongue-keillor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGarrison 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’s: “It brought...http://www.newser.com/story/46212/xmas-spirit-translates-better-in-foreign-tongue-keillor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 19:14:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46238/benedict-ushers-in-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope 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...http://www.newser.com/story/46238/benedict-ushers-in-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 18:47:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34680/us-bishops-rewrite-catholic-mass.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor 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.http://www.newser.com/story/34680/us-bishops-rewrite-catholic-mass.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Aug 2008 7:10:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32889/pope-to-kids-spurn-spiritual-desert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope 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 the...http://www.newser.com/story/32889/pope-to-kids-spurn-spiritual-desert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Jul 2008 9:11:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22331/pope-hails-easter-conversions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPope 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." His address...http://www.newser.com/story/22331/pope-hails-easter-conversions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Mar 2008 13:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18031/hundreds-mourn-slain-marine-at-ohio-funeral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds 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...http://www.newser.com/story/18031/hundreds-mourn-slain-marine-at-ohio-funeral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 Feb 2008 16:47:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/4337/mass-embarrassment-priests-need-latin-lessons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTraditionalist 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...http://www.newser.com/story/4337/mass-embarrassment-priests-need-latin-lessons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Jul 2007 5:59:12 CDT