{"id":6628,"date":"2010-12-25T11:49:20","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T17:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2016-11-10T21:16:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T03:16:42","slug":"cnn-on-the-popes-liturgy-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/25\/cnn-on-the-popes-liturgy-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN on the pope&#8217;s liturgy &#8211; sort of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/WORLD\/europe\/12\/24\/world.christmas.eve\/index.html?hpt=C1\" target=\"_blank\">CNN reports<\/a>: &#8220;Catholic worshippers packed pews inside St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica to <strong>hear<\/strong> Pope Benedict XVI <strong>deliver<\/strong> Midnight Mass&#8230;\u00a0<strong>Celebrants<\/strong>, both young and old, watched in reverence as the choir <strong>serenaded<\/strong> the pontiff during his ceremonial <strong>march<\/strong> into the church.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Who on earth writes this stuff for CNN??<\/p>\n<p>Doesn\u2019t anybody at CNN know that Catholics go to Mass to pray, sing, recite, participate \u2013 not just \u201chear\u201d? 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