<P> On January 26, 2013, the basilica held a televised thanksgiving Mass and enshrined two first class relics of Americans Catherine Tekakwitha and Marianne Cope, who were both canonized October 20, 2012 . </P> <P> Pope Francis visited the shrine on September 23, 2015, and celebrated a Mass for the canonization of Junípero Serra, O.F.M. on the mall of The Catholic University of America . The altar, ambo, and chair used for this Mass match the existing marble in the basilica . After the Mass, the Papal altar was placed in front of the High Altar, and is now used as the altar in the Great Upper Church . </P> <P> On February 20, 2016, the Basilica was the site of the funeral mass of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at which his son Fr . Paul Scalia was the celebrant . </P> <Ul> <Li> Walter R. Rossi, Rector of the National Shrine </Li> <Li> Vito A. Buonanno, Associate Rector and Director of Pilgrimages </Li> <Li> Michael D. Weston, Associate Rector and Director of Liturgy </Li> <Li> Raymond A. Lebrun, O.M.I., Spiritual Director </Li> </Ul>

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