US basilica marks bicentennial with new perpetual adoration chapel
Baltimore archbishop celebrates a Mass to mark the 200th anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Updated: June 03, 2021 06:27 AM GMT
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The dome of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.
Neither Archbishop John Carroll, the first Catholic bishop in the United States, who started the project to build America s first cathedral, nor Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, the third archbishop of Baltimore, who brought it to completion, could have predicted its impact over the centuries, the current archbishop said.