VATICAN - Saturday 28 June the Pope will preside Vespers at St Paul's for the opening of the Year of St Paul; Sunday 29 June, feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Mass with the imposition of the Pallium on the shoulders of 46 new archbishops

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday 28 June, eve of the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, Benedict XVI will preside at first Vespers in the Roman basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls at 6 p.m. for the inauguration of the Year of Saint Paul. The ceremony will be attended by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and by representatives of other Churches and Christian communities.
On Sunday 29 June the Holy Father Benedict XVI will celebrate the Eucharist in St Peter's Basilica at 9.30 a.m. on 29 June, Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles. The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is also due to participate in the ceremony. The Ecumenical Patriarch and the Holy Father will pronounce the homily; together they will recite the profession of faith and impart the blessing. The Pope will concelebrate Mass with the new metropolitan Archbishops, upon
whom during the course of the Liturgy he will impose the Pallium taken from the casket resting upon the Tomb of the Apostle Peter. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 25/6/2008)