Concession By Pope
(N.Z.P.A. -Reuter— Copyright) VATICAN CITY, May 12.
Pope Paul VI has relieved Roman Catholics in his own diocese in Rome from the duty of attending mass on Sundays and feast days, allowing them to fulfil the obligation on the evening before. In a decree released through his vicar, Cardinal Angelo Dellacqua, the Pope ruled that evening masses in Rome churches on Saturday and on the eve of a religious holiday could be considered of equal value to the Sunday mass.
The ruling will become effective, on an experimental basis, on June 1. Pope Paul’s decree has been granted for the convenience of persons planning to be out of town on Sunday.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31677, 13 May 1968, Page 13
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