Pope Benedict XVI’s Itinerary for Thursday, April 17

• 10 a.m.
  The pope will offer Mass at the new Nationals Park in Washington. This will be the first non-baseball event in the park, and Catholics from around the country are making plans to attend. 
  
  
•  5 p.m.
  The heads of the more than 200 Catholic colleges and universities in the United States and superintendents from the 195 Catholic dioceses have been invited to an address by Pope Benedict XVI on the importance of Catholic education. The meeting will be on the campus of The Catholic University of America, the only college in the United States operated by the bishops.
  
  
• 6:30 p.m.
  Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Jews and representatives of other religions will gather with the Holy Father for a prayer service at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, next door to Catholic University.