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  • The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey
  • Interior of Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey
  • The Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, NJ where St. John Paul II's visit to the cathedral is remembered
  • Side view of the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, NJ where St. John Paul II's visit to the cathedral is remembered
  • A wall carving remembering St. John Paul II's visit to the Newark Cathedral
  • A relic of St. John Paul II in a reliquary
  • A painted portrait of St. John Paul II displayed at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey
The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart is located in Newark, New Jersey. Built from 1899 to 1954, it is the fifth largest cathedral in North America. At 36 feet in diameter, the rose window at the main entrance is the largest of its kind of any Catholic church in the Western Hemisphere.
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