Mass in Latin an 'exception' - pope

(ANSA) - Rome, November 10 - Mass in Latin is a special occasion and an exception, Pope Francis has stressed.
    However, Pope Benedict XVI used it as a gesture to move closer to the mentality of some groups and people who were nostalgic and had begun to drift away, Pope Francis said in an interview in the book 'Nei Tuoi Occhi E' la Mia Parola'.
    Pope Francis added on Thursday in meeting with participants of a plenary session of the Pontifical Council for the Unity of Christians that he had seen that "the desire for communion and alive and strong". He added that the unity of Christians was one of his major concerns.