To: NYer
Who writes this stuff?
All Catholic Masses are officiated before an altar. Not all altars are public. I doubt strongly that the Pope has "left the altar" for the last time.
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02/13/2013 5:46:54 PM PST by
publius911
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To: publius911
All Catholic Masses are officiated before an altar. Not all altars are public. I doubt strongly that the Pope has "left the altar" for the last time. This was his last public mass; hence the concept of "leaving the altar". It is understood that phrase refers to his public masses at the altar in St. Peter's.
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02/14/2013 5:46:45 AM PST by
NYer
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