Archbishop Rode Gives Assumption Mass

Brezje, 15 August - ASSUMPTION/RODE
Hundreds of people gathered in churches around Slovenia or went on pilgrimages to sacred places on Sunday to celebrate the Assumption, a Christian and also a national holiday in Slovenia. The Ljubljana archbishop and Slovene metropolitan Franc Rode offered a mass in St. Mary's Church at Brezje, the traditional destination for pilgrims about 50 kilometers northwest of Ljubljana.