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The Southern Cross, Page 6 Five Days Thursday, December 14, 2000 4K i i \ The Catholic Church embraces people of every race and every tongue. Its universality was evi dent at the Multicultural Mass and Festival held on December 2. In splendid native costumes, Catholics from Vietnam, Mexico, the Philippines, Panama and Africa, from the various parts of Georgia, gath ered to worship in the Cathedral and to cel ebrate with one another there and in Lafayette Square. Photos by Jonas N. Jordan.