Over the last week and a half the campus of the Catholic University of America has been transformed. On September 23 we will welcome Pope Francis, who will celebrate the canonization Mass for Blessed Junipero Serra on the east portico of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The congregation will gather for the mass on the campus of Catholic University. In preparation for the Holy Father’s visit, a stage has been constructed, a three-story riser for the press has been built and miles of bike racks now line the campus perimeter and create a maze inside it.

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