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The National Catholic Reporter has the story of high school senior Erik Baker.\u00a0 A Catholic and enthusiastic Latin scholar, he wrote a short essay to express his thoughts on the new Mass translation. Read his essay here<\/a>, courtesy of the NCReporter and Robert McClory.\u00a0 –ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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