POPE'S PRIVATE MASS.
*——-6 ■ A PAINFUL'' SCENE.' a BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—-COPTItICHt \ ■■ i Rome, April 21. A professor in a Vienna TJhivcrsity, with •his wife'and a -friend;. gained,■ through' their Ambassador, admittance to the vate mass, Tho Pope and two.Hundred of the faithful were horrified to see them reccivo;; from' His Holiness the consecrated : wafer and then eject it from . their • mouths. . They-were' thereupon expelled. . . The visitors declared themselves Jews. They said they expected to . kiss the Pope's hands, but did'not know, what, to ..do., with, the wafer. They did not .'mean l any pect. - ■'■/'' The' wafer is a thin circular disc of un-, leavened bread used at-the' celebration of the Eucharist in Roman Catholic/and some Anglican Churches. . i ?'.v.j
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 7
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120POPE'S PRIVATE MASS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 7
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