Rome (kath.net / CBA) On January 28th, 2010, at the old Roman church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin the Sacrifice of the Mass will be celebrated in Arabic. The initiative comes from the Greek Melkite community, which has been based in the church for 40 years, where the famed "Bocca della Verita" is located.
The community said they wanted to offer a Divine Liturgy for the Arabic speaking Catholics in the Italian capital, as well as for other people that might be interested, in an interview with Catholic News Agency last Thursday.
The Syrian clergy of Mtanious Haddad, Procurator in Italy for the Melkite Patriarch Gregoire III Laham, celebrate the Divine Liturgy according to the Byzantine Rite in Italy. So far, there have been liturgies in multiple languages - Greek, Italian, and Arabic. Celebrations only in Arabic, however, are a first for Rome.
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