Solemn Pontifical Mass to be Celebrated at Shrine of Immaculate Conception in DC

The fifth anniversary of Pope Benedict’s inauguration will be marked with a Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC, April 24, 2010, at 1 pm. The Mass will be celebrated by Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos. His Eminence is President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei and served under both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. The Mass will be offered in the Extraordinary Form and will be the first such Mass said at the high altar of the Shrine in nearly half a century. The priests of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter will assist at the Mass.