We got to see the Pope four (or five) times on our pilgrimage!
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Sunday June 28, St. Paul's Outside the Walls |
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Evening Prayer for the close of the Year of St Paul. |
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Monday June 29, Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. | |
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In St. Peter's Basillica for the Mass. |
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At this Mass, 34 of the new Metropolitan Archbishops all receive the Pallium, a symbol of their authority. |
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It is also the final day of the Year of St Paul. |
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The statue of St. Peter is all vested for the Feast Day. |
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We saw him a fifth time if you count the Angelus after Mass. |
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The Pope greets the pilgrims from his apartment window. |
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Statue of St. Paul outside St. Peter's as we head to the Paul VI Audience Hall. |
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Tues. June 30, the Pope enters the Paul VI Audience Hall. |
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This was a "private" audience for the 34 new Archbishops and their guests - about a thousand people. |
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At the end each Archbishop got to bring two guests to greet the Pope personally. |
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Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha with a lay couple from Illinois after greeting the Pope. |
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Wed. July 1, we gather outside St. Peter's for the regular Wednesday audience. |
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The Pope arrives. |
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Notice the married couples in the background of this nice picture - and the appropriate advertizement on the wall says "St Peter" |
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The Pope arrives at the chair and gives me his greetings. |
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Three movies of the Pope: this one at St. Paul's outside the walls on Sunday. | |
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Video: The Pope speaks in English for the Tuesday private audience. |
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Video: A few of the Pope's words at the Wednesday audience. |
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