Samoa’s Archbishop Mataeliga celebrates Mass in Washington, D.C.

  Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga celebrates Mass in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. BY Johnny Victor Toma WASHINGTON D.C. Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga of the Archdiocese of Samoa - Apia became the first Samoan priest to celebrate Mass at the largest Catholic Church in the United States, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception situated on the campus of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Sunday, April 17, 2016. He was the celebrant and homilist of the 10:30 a.m. English Mass which is one of the National [...]