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In the evening began the first of many special Masses scheduled between now and the cardinal's funeral at 2 p.m. on Monday.

Even in little towns in Mexico, he said, where most of his relatives live, people have been offering special Masses for him.

For about five years in the early 1990's, Monsignor Hamilton led the archdiocesan Office of Black Ministry, which organizes special Masses and programs on subjects that are particularly meaningful to black Catholics, Mr. Zwilling said.

Normally, Mass is celebrated daily at 5 p.m. and there are special Masses on Christmas Eve and on Pentecost (the seventh Sunday after Easter) as well as occasional concerts and other special events.

The cardinal said that he was a priest in Fresno at the time, and that he had occasional contact with the students at special Masses, but that he knew nothing of the woman and that he never did anything improper.

Many churches now hold special Masses and celebrations with food and folkloric dances not only for Guadalupe but also for the Virgins of Providencia Puerto Ricoo), Altagracia (the Dominican Republic), Cisne (Ecuador) and Perpetual Help (Philippines).

They do the long mass; it's a special mass.

"Is there a special Mass going on?" he asked.

At the special Mass, the choral voices soared with the same hymns we had sung.

His special Mass will be Wednesday, November 30, at Corpus Christi Church, 11 AM.

Mr. Fujimori, on his 62nd birthday, enjoyed the pomp of military marches and a special Mass.