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Drunks force churches to cancel midnight mass
A growing number of Catholic churches are cancelling midnight mass and holding Christmas Eve services earlier in the evening due to fears of disruption from drunken revellers.Clergy are also concerned about worshippers trying to make their way home in the face of the threat of street violence and drunken driving. The move is reported by the Roman Catholic magazine, the Tablet.
In Glasgow, Father Joseph McNulty from St John Ogilvie church in Easterhouse told the Tablet: "I wouldn't hold a Midnight Mass at midnight because of the drunks. There would be too much trouble."
Full story at The Guardian.
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