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27-October-2000 -- Church News

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POPE TO CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DOGMA OF THE ASSUMPTION

Vatican City, 27 (NE) With a solemn Eucharist celebration, the Church will celebrate next week the 50th anniversary of the dogmatic definition of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As the Holy See Press Office informed yesterday, on Wednesday, November 1, Solemnity of All Saints and "a day of grace and joy for the entire Church", Pope John Paul II will preside at a concelebrated Mass with the members of the College of Cardinals in St. Peter's Square. The Dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was proclaimed by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950.

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