Presented by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Most Rev. Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., will celebrate Christmas Day Mass from the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.  Holiday carols and hymns will ring out in one of the most beloved pilgrimage sites in the United States. One of the largest Catholic worship spaces in the Americas, "the Shrine" as it''s commonly known as, commemorate the various ways Mary is honored by ethic groups around the world.