During the general audience on Wednesday, June 20, Pope Benedict XVI blessed a copy of the icon of the Salvation of the Roman people for the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo.
During the general audience on Wednesday, June 20, Pope Benedict XVI blessed a copy of the icon of the Salvation of the Roman people for the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo. The icon is for the Marian sanctuary in Horiany near Uzhhorod, which on Sunday, June 24, will be declared a small basilica, related to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the Vatican Radio reports.