Cardinal McCarrick to Celebrate Masses of Thanksgiving for Pope Benedict XVI

April 21, 2005

Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, will celebrate two Masses of Thanksgiving for Pope Benedict XVI:

Sunday, May 1, 2005

10:00 a.m.
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
1725 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

Noon
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
400 Michigan Avenue, NE
Washington, DC

Cardinal McCarrick arrived in Rome on April 4 to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II and then participate in the conclave that elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI.

Contact:
Mark Adkinson
Office of Communications
301-853-4515
madkinson@adw.org

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