Papal visit | AirMaria.com https://dev.airmaria.com Breathe Freely Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:35:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://airmaria.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/28143228/amicon-r-100x100.png Papal visit | AirMaria.com https://dev.airmaria.com 32 32 Franciscans of the Immaculate Kiss Hand of Pope Francis https://dev.airmaria.com/2013/03/16/franciscans-of-the-immacualte-kiss-hands-of-pope-francis/ https://dev.airmaria.com/2013/03/16/franciscans-of-the-immacualte-kiss-hands-of-pope-francis/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:56:39 +0000 http://airmaria.com/?p=34277 Ave Maria! Here is a longer video of the one we posted a few days ago on the visit Pope Francis made to the Basilica of St Mary Major from the Italian Youtube...

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Here is a longer video of the one we posted a few days ago on the visit Pope Francis made to the Basilica of St Mary Major from the Italian Youtube site TV2000it. In the previous one I mentioned that our friars, who staff the sacristy there, almost undoubtedly were able to meet the pope. In this one, which was pointed out by Fr. John Lawrence in the comments on the last video, we actually see some of our gray-habbited friars kissing the hand of the new pope. So we have the FIs, the Marian-Franciscan friars, kissing the hand of the newly elected Holy Father Pope Francis in the oldest church dedicated to Mary, one of the four Major Basilicas of Rome, all very symbolic.

It must have been the thrill of a lifetime to be in those friars sandals. Apparently they had only ten minutes notice that the pope was coming. And he was only elected twelve hours before, so they were one of the very first people to be able to kiss hand.

The video is in Italian

Published on March 14, 2013 on TV2000it

The first public appearance of the new Pontiff in his diocese. Papa Francesco visited the Basilica of St. Mary Major to gather in prayer in the Pauline Chapel, before the image of Our Lady Salus Populi Romani, and thank the Virgin.

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Pope Francis will depart from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Friday, November 28th at 9:00am. He will arrive at Ankara at 1:00pm and will visit the tomb of Kemal Atatürk, the father of modern day Turkey.

The welcoming ceremony will take place at the Presidential Palace where the Pope will meet with the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. He will also meet with the president of Religious Affairs.

On Saturday he will arrive in Istanbul for the most important part of trip. He will visit the former basilica of Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. He will then preside over a Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit and attend an ecumenical prayer service with Patriarch Bartholomew I.

On Sunday, he will celebrate a Divine Liturgy at the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to celebrate the feast of Saint Andrew.

That same day, Pope Francis will depart Istanbul at 5 in the afternoon and will arrive in Rome shortly before 7:00pm.

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