The Vatican Information Service has announced that Pope Benedict will preside over the priestly ordinations of 14 deacons for the Diocese of Rome next Sunday, June 20.

The ordination Mass will be celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica at 9:30 a.m.

The Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome, Cardinal Agostino Vallini, as well as the auxiliary bishops of the diocese, the superiors of the seminaries, and pastors of the deacons will concelebrate the Mass with the Pope.