 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Chalice is refinished for pope's U.S. visit
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- When Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass on
his trip to the United States in April, he is expected to use a
chalice that is being refinished in Oklahoma.
The ornate, gold-plated sterling silver chalice has been housed
in the Papal Nunciature, the Vatican's embassy in Washington, D.C.,
since it was manufactured in London in the spring of 1938.
Don Taylor, who is overseeing the restoration at the F.C. Ziegler
Co., said the chalice is used by popes when they visit...
