DETROIT — A Detroit church has been declared a basilica by Pope Francis, a rare honor for a Roman Catholic parish in the U.S.
The Archdiocese of Detroit says Ste. Anne Church is one of only 86 churches in the United States to carry the title of Minor Basilica, including three in Michigan.
Ste. Anne parish, near the Detroit River, began in 1701.
It is the second-oldest continuously operating Catholic parish in the U.S. The current church was built in 1886.
Archbishop Allen Vigneron will celebrate the designation at a Mass on April 26.
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