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MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- St. Patrick's Cathedral is both a spiritual and inspirational place for sculptor Carolyn Palmer. "I was always walking around looking at the sculptures," she said. Thomas Jefferson, Mario Cuomo and Lucille Ball are some of Palmer's commissions, and then came a holy one -- four popes, whose busts she sculpted at her home in Saddle River, New Jersey. "Any piece I do in my studio takes on a certain life to them," she said.

In addition to the regularly scheduled Masses, there will be two Masses commemorating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. The Youth Mass (Misa de los Jovenes) will be at 10am and conclude the procession from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe at 328 West 14 th Street scheduled to begin at 7:30am. The Family Mass (La Misa de la Familia) will be held at 7pm. The principal celebrant for both Masses will be Bishop Juan Armando Perez Talamantes, Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Mexico.

Four elegantly crafted busts of the four popes to have visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral will now greet the cathedral’s five million annual visitors as they enter the north and south vestibules on Fifth Avenue. Papal visits are rare, defining moments in New York City’s history. From Papal Masses at Yankees Stadium to the iconic popemobile making its way to Central Park, no image is more indelibly linked to a papal visit than the pope’s arrival at the spiritual center of the city, St. Patrick’s Cathedral. These four busts of Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis are intended to memorialize these historic visits, as well as their significance to the cathedral, the city and, the generations of people they encountered.

Classic Christmas carols & delicious hot cocoa.

Restoring St. Patrick's Cathedral with Cardinal Dolan