Papal ticket & visit update: more details emerge

As part of my stated intention to provide the very best and latest information regarding the Pope's upcoming visit the United States in April 2008, here are the latest details on how to get tickets to see the Pope:

• No information will be released to the public before January 1st
• Priority will be given to residents in Washington, New York and neighboring dioceses
• The best chance for the general public to see Pope Benedict will be at the public Masses held at Washington National's and Yankee Stadium.
• Youth from the New York region and all United States seminarians have an additional chance to see the Holy Father at a rally in New York's St. Joseph's Seminary. The outdoor crowd is being planned for about 20,000 attendees, Rocco reports.
• Tickets in DC will be distributed through Catholic schools, youth groups and religious education programs, some will also be available to those in Baltimore and Arlington dioceses.
• Tickets in New York will be allotted for people in the archdioceses of Louisville, Ky., Philadelphia, Boston (to celebrate their bicentennials) and Baltimore (primatial see).
• Tickets will be nontransferable, and strictly enforced.
• Finally, there is a chance that the Pope's motercade routes will be published so people can line up for a chance to see him.

Source: "Details on getting papal Mass tickets likely not ready for weeks" (CNS)

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