Cloistered nuns bake altar breads for papal Mass in Philly

Cloistered nuns bake altar breads for papal Mass in Philly

Written by Kathy Matheson

LANGHORNE, Pa. (AP) — A group of cloistered nuns has been working overtime in the kitchen to help Philadelphia church officials prepare for Pope Francis' visit, baking 100,000 communion hosts for his public Mass.

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POPE WATCH: Mass scalpers; Stephen Colbert’s ‘Catholic Night’

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Cashing in on Francis
The Papal visit to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia has fallen prey to scalpers who scooped up a chunk of the free-but-scarce 10,000 tickets available to the public for several events.

One seller — James Fortner of Glassboro, N.J., — told the Wilmington, Del., News-Journal he worked for this.

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