{"id":59,"date":"2023-01-26T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=59"},"modified":"2025-09-30T00:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:33:38","slug":"seven-pictures-the-vigil-mass-before-the-march-for-life-at-the-dc-basilica-of-the-immaculate-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"Six pictures &#8211; the Vigil Mass before the March for Life, at the DC Basilica of the Immaculate Conception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Basilica was literally wall to wall. Mostly young, with people in the side altars watching the main altar by closed circuit. At the end of the Mass there was a Eucharistic Procession around the Basilica to begin the Holy Hour. The Basilica upper church official capacity is 9,000. 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