Invitation

Pope Francis

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April 22nd 2015
Back in January we contacted the Bishop's Office for U.S. Visitors to the Vatican and were able to secure tickets to a Papal Audience with Pope Francis. We would like to give a big shout out to the Bishop's Office generally, and to Father Matt in particular. When we picked up our tickets for the audience, Father Matt, a 25 year old seminarian from Florida, instructed us to "get near the wooden ... read more

Europe » Vatican City

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Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further c... ... read more