Saturday, July 28, 2007

Oldest active parish priest in Italy



In this photo made available by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Wednesday, July 18, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI and Treviso's Bishop Andrea Bruno Mazzocato, center, meet with 96-year-old priest Armando Durighetto at the end of the traditional Angelus prayer in the 19th century Mirabello castle in Lorenzago di Cadore, near Belluno, Italy, Sunday, July 15, 2007. Durighetto, considered the oldest active parish priest in Italy, told the Pontiff he celebrated at least 36,455 mass during his priesthood. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

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