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A Latin Choral Requiem Mass in Negombo for Emeritus Archbishop Nicholas Marcus Fernando Source:Island “Missa Pro Defunctis” – the solemn Requiem Mass in accordance with the old Roman Latin Rite will be celebrated in all its solemnity at 6 pm on Friday April 16th, 2021 at St. Mary’s Church, Main Street, Negombo. It will be presided over by His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Colombo’s Archbishop, his auxiliaries and several bishops together with over 200 priests. It is noteworthy that the late Archbishop, in his Last Will and Testament had specifically requested that his funeral Mass and the final Rites be conducted entirely in Latin. His death on April 10, 2020 and the final ceremony thereafter, had to be curtailed owing to the rising Covid-19 pandemic and therefore, his last wish was left unfulfilled. ...