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Dalai Lama attends Pentecost Mass

Friday, June 1st, 2012

The Dalai Lama attended a festive High Mass in St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna last Sunday and visited a chapel dedicated to victims of the Nazi regime.

The Tibetan spiritual leader asked Cardinal Christoph Schoernborn, who was showing him around Vienna’s St Stephen’s Cathedral, if he could attend the Pentecost Mass as a pilgrim, as he had at Lourdes.

“Whoever is deeply rooted in their own faith can also show a deep respect for the belief of others,” Cardinal Schoenborn replied. Continue reading

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