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A New Generation of Catholics Discovers Latin Mass 60 Years After Vatican II

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A New Generation of Catholics Discovers Latin Mass 60 Years After Vatican II
A priest holds a Holy Communion wafer as Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass at Nationals Park, in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2008. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Salena Zito
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Growing up in a rural enclave in western Pennsylvania, Gina McNulty regularly attended Catholic Mass with her family each Sunday. But something always felt missing about the experience, McNulty said—something she could not put her finger on until a few years ago when she and her husband, Steven, began attending a traditional Latin Mass at the Most Precious Blood of Jesus parish a 20 minute-drive away in Pittsburgh.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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