Year of St. Paul to be celebrated to mark 2000 anniversary
Year will begin June 29th 2008
The Apostle to the Gentiles
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The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff today
announced that at 5.30 p.m. on June 28, eve of the Solemnity of Sts.
Peter and Paul, Apostles, Benedict XVI will preside at the celebration
of first Vespers in the basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls.
During the ceremony, the Pope will proclaim a year especially
dedicated to St. Paul, to mark the 2000th anniversary of the birth of
the "Apostle of the Gentiles."
According to the Vatican Radio Calendar, the year will run from June
29, 2008, to June 29, 2009. No other details were available about
possible events during the year at the time of publication.
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