Monday, May 9, 2005

CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED BY THE POPE IN MAY AND JUNE

VATICAN CITY, MAY 9, 2005 - Below is the calendar of liturgical celebrations due to be presided over by the Holy Father during the months of May and June.

MAY

 - Sunday 15: Pentecost Sunday. At 9.30 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica, priestly ordination of deacons of the diocese of Rome.

 - Thursday 26: Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Mass at 7 p.m. in the square of St. John Lateran, followed by a procession to the basilica of St. Mary Major for Eucharistic blessing.

 - Sunday 29: Pastoral visit to Bari, Italy, for the closure of the National Eucharistic Congress. Mass at 10 a.m.

JUNE

- Wednesday 29: Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. Mass at 9.30 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica. Blessing and imposition of the pallium on metropolitan archbishops.
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