JUNE 29 MASS, CONFERRING OF PALLIUMS IN ST. PETER'S BASILICA

VATICAN CITY, JUN 25, 2005 (VIS) - On Wednesday, June 29, solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles, Pope Benedict XVI will preside at a Eucharistic concelebration with Cardinal Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, and with a number of metropolitan archbishops upon whom he will confer the pallium near the 'confessio' of St. Peter in the Vatican Basilica. Mass will start at 9:30 a.m., according to a note from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, dated May 19 and published today.
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