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mia2
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I’d like to know what language Our Pope uses, Latin or Vernacular, to celebrate the regular Sunday Mass in Rome.
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benedictgal
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Most of the prayers are in Latin, like the Glora, Credo, Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation, Pater Noster and Agnus Dei. These are generally chanted. The antiphons are also chanted in Latin. For very special occasions, the Holy Father will pray the Eucharistic Prayer (usually I) in Latin.
When he is not using Latin, he generally uses Italian. Now, the readings can either be proclaimed in Italian, French, Spanish or English. For example, during Pope Benedict’s installation Mass, the first reading was proclaimed in English and the second one in Spanish. This set up also is used during Easter and Christmas, although, for the Easter Vigil, the five aforermentioned languages are used The Gospel is almost always chanted in Latin.
The psalm can either be chanted in Italian or in Latin. The General Intercessions are read in a variety of languages such as English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Swahili and others.
When he is not using Latin, he generally uses Italian. Now, the readings can either be proclaimed in Italian, French, Spanish or English. For example, during Pope Benedict’s installation Mass, the first reading was proclaimed in English and the second one in Spanish. This set up also is used during Easter and Christmas, although, for the Easter Vigil, the five aforermentioned languages are used The Gospel is almost always chanted in Latin.
The psalm can either be chanted in Italian or in Latin. The General Intercessions are read in a variety of languages such as English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Swahili and others.
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mia2
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Thanks,
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vee8
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Im 99% sure the pope does not do a public mass every Sunday. I am 100% sure he does do a Sunday Angelus greeting in St Peters square every Sunday he is in town though.
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benedictgal
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I think that what the OP meant was those Masses that the Holy Father celebrates at St. Peter’s Basilica/Square. Now, the language for the recitation of the Angelus is Latin. When he addresses the faithful, it is pirmarily in Italian, but, he does greet the various pilgrims in English, Spanish and French.
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benedictgal
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This morning, the Holy Father celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. The readings were proclaimed in English and in Spanish. The responsorial psalm was sung in Italian while the Gospel was chanted in Latin.
The Holy Father preached in Italian.
Most of the Liturgy of the Eucharist featured Latin. The Gloria and the Profession of Faith were also in Latin, as were the Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation and Agnus Dei. The Litany of the Saints was sung in Latin, as well.
The Holy Father preached in Italian.
Most of the Liturgy of the Eucharist featured Latin. The Gloria and the Profession of Faith were also in Latin, as were the Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation and Agnus Dei. The Litany of the Saints was sung in Latin, as well.
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SenorSalsa
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Does anyone know how this compares to other Post-VII Popes?
Is this a traditional swing by B16 or is this commonplace for the Vatican, since, theoretically, the vernacular would be latin
Is this a traditional swing by B16 or is this commonplace for the Vatican, since, theoretically, the vernacular would be latin
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maggiemay2u
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The mass was fabulous! I liked it so much I watched it twice. He gives me such comfort when I feel frightened about the fate of the faith in the secular world…what a guy!
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Frosty
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During the course of John Paul II’s papacy, I attended more than a dozen Masses celebrated by him in Rome. Most were at St. Peter’s Basilica. A couple at St. John Lateran Basilica and one at St. Paul’s Outside the Walls. All were said entirely in Latin. He did, since after all he was in Italy, speak in Italian for his homilies. Apart from those Masses in Rome, I also attended another seven Masses celebrated by him in both Canada and the U.S. They were also said in Latin.Does anyone know how this compares to other Post-VII Popes?
Is this a traditional swing by B16 or is this commonplace for the Vatican, since, theoretically, the vernacular would be latin
The only Mass I was at celebrated by Pope Paul VI was in 1968 at St. Peter’s Basilica. It was the Feast of St. Peter and Paul and was a full Papal Mass said using the 1962 Missal of Blessed Pope John XXIII.
Pope Benedict almost always uses Latin for his Masses at St. Peter’s but uses the vernacular when he says Mass on one of his pastoral visits to other parishes in Rome. There doesn’t seem to be any hard and fast rule as to whether or not he uses Latin or the vernacular when he celebrates Mass on any of his other trips, either in Italy or abroad.
I expect the same was the case with John Paul II and Pope Paul VI.
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