Posted on 09/11/2015 2:30:21 PM PDT by ebb tide
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On September 23, after meeting with President Obama at the White House, Pope Francis will drive a short parade route between the Ellipse and a portion of the National Mall in the Popemobile.
The viewing area of the open motorcade route is free and open to the public. No tickets are required, however spectators will need to pass through security. Security gates will open for the Ellipse and the National Mall at 4:00 a.m. on September 23 and will close at 10:00 a.m. No one will be admitted into the area after that point in time. No food or drink may be brought in from the outside, but concessions will be available for purchase. Once inside the perimeter, attendees will not be allowed to leave and re-enter until the Holy Father’s Popemobile tour is complete.
FAQ: Papal Parade Route
Where is the location of the parade?
On Wednesday morning, September 23rd after leaving The White House, Pope Francis will travel along 15th Street, Constitution Avenue and 17th Street NW. Participants are invited to line the streets on the Ellipse and National Mall to cheer on Pope Francis as he drives by in the Popemobile.
Where can I see the Pope? On Wednesday morning, September 23rd after leaving The White House, Pope Francis will travel along 15th Street, Constitution Avenue and 17th Street, NW in the Popemobile. People who wish to see the pope are invited to line the streets around the Ellipse and the National Mall to see Pope Francis as he drives by in the Popemobile.
What time does the parade take place? The parade is scheduled to begin sometime around 11:00 AM.
Do I need a ticket? No! Access to the viewing area will be on a first-come, first-served basis. While tickets are not needed, everyone will be required to go through security.
What time should people arrive? Access to the viewing area will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. While tickets are not needed, everyone will be required to go through security. Gates to access the viewing area will open at 4:00 AM and will close at 10:00 AM. No one will be admitted into the area after that point in time. Once inside the perimeter, attendees will not be allowed to leave and re-enter.
What is the best way to get there? People are encouraged to travel using public transportation. The closest Metro stops include: Farragut West, Farragut North, McPherson Square, Metro Center, Federal Triangle, and Smithsonian. All Metro stations are less than a mile from the event.
Where is the entrance to the parade viewing area? There are multiple entrances to the viewing area, including:
East of the Ellipse on Constitution Avenue West of the Ellipse on Constitution Avenue East of the Washington Monument near Jefferson Drive and 15th Streets, NW West of the Washington Monument near 17th Street, NW Can we bring in food and drinks? No outside food and drinks may be brought into the secured area. Food and drinks will be available for purchase inside the secured perimeter. Restroom facilities will also be provided.
Can we bring in signs and banners?
Participants are permitted to bring handheld flags, banners and signs, however, items supported by poles are not allowed.
What items are restricted for the Parade? Aerosols, ammunition, animals other than service/guide animals, backpacks, bags and signs exceeding 8” x 6” x 4”; bicycles, balloons, chairs, coolers, drones and other unmanned aircraft systems (i.e., unmanned aerial vehicles), explosives, firearms, glass, thermal, or metal containers, large religious statues either stand-alone or on procession platforms, laser pointers, mace / pepper spray, packages, selfie sticks, structures (such as tents), supports for signs and placards, toy guns, umbrellas, weapons of any kind, any other items determined to be potential safety hazards will not be permitted. Surrendered items will not be returned, nor available for pick-up.
Will there be ADA viewing areas? Yes, each security entrance will have access to a sidewalk to the designated ADA viewing area along the parade route.
Is there anything happening after the parade? Yes, there will be a jumbotron showing continuous live coverage, videos and commentary on Pope Francis after the parade, including his address to the U.S. bishops at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle, and the Mass of Canonization for Blessed Junipero Serra later in the afternoon.
What can I bring to the National Mall between 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM to watch wall-to-wall coverage of Pope Francis on the jumbotron? All are invited to watch continuous coverage of Pope Francis and the canonization Mass on the National Mall. Participants will be permitted to bring signs, food, and drinks into the area, following National Park Service guidelines.
How can I share pictures, stories, and get news and updates throughout the day and visit of Pope Francis? Everyone is encouraged to follow the Archdiocese of Washington’s Twitter handle @WashArchdiocese, and use the hashtag for the papal visit #PopeInDC.
Will the Communist Pope have any Guest Speakers? Perhaps Rev. Farrakhan? Black Lives Matter?
I’m Protestant and I pray for the pope. It gives me no joy to see any part of Christendom losing touch with the Lord. The Lord’s love is large, but a shapeless amoeba it is not.
Never saw you look quite so pretty before
Never saw you dress quite so handsome
What’s more?
I could hardly wait to keep our date
This lovely Papal morning
And my heart beat fast as I came through the door
For
In your Papal bonnet with all the frills upon it
You’ll be the grandest fella in the Papal Parade
I’ll be all in clover and when they look us over
We’ll be the proudest couple in the Papal Parade
On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us
And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure
Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Papal bonnet
And of the guy, I’m taking to the Papal Parade
con mucho amor,
Fidel
Trust me, it gives me no joy either.....
It must break the Lord’s heart to be reduced in the process to a “Christ child” to be “looked at for encouragement.” This isn’t salvation lite, this is not salvation at all. What of what He has done on the Cross? This “Christ child” (viewed as such) bears nobody’s sins away. We are going to get an unredeemed mess that way.
This pope and this president. God help us.
“It must break the Lord’s heart to be reduced in the process to a “Christ child” to be “looked at for encouragement.” This isn’t salvation lite, this is not salvation at all. What of what He has done on the Cross? This “Christ child” (viewed as such) bears nobody’s sins away. We are going to get an unredeemed mess that way.”
Afraid I don’t understand that diatribe. But wouldn’t it have been wonderful if, at this critical juncture in time, we got a new Pope who repudiated the leftist agenda, and reaffirmed our NEED for traditional Judeo-Christian Values, respect for LIFE, personal responsibility, the traditional family?
Is there a way to protest this Pope?
I guess you’d need some context for the Christ Child thing. Don’t know how well known the papal announcement is. He said that peoples of all religions should look on the Christ Child for encouragement and hope.
Without the one doing this understanding something of what the ministry of the Savior is about, this is a meaningless gesture. The Christ Child is not some spiritual rabbit’s foot.
By the way if you really want to see diatribe I can give you diatribe. I’m just lamenting here.
I also consider the situation of a woman with a failed marriage in her past and who also had an abortion. Then this woman remarries, and she is now happy and has five children. That abortion in her past weighs heavily on her conscience and she sincerely regrets it. She would like to move forward in her Christian life. What is the confessor to do?
“We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. This is not possible. Francis, Bishop of Rome
Pope Francis' niece has recently revealed that she was advised by her uncle, at that time Archbishop Bergoglio, that there was no need for her to wait for a declaration of annulment of her marriage before she entered into adultery.
Popes die with boots on. Pope Benedict XVI is the victim of a coup d’état. Imbroglio, or whatever is name is, is an imposter, an anti-Pope. This bastard says we should invite the Jihadi into our homes - to be slaughtered.
Pamela Geller is looking over our flock more than him.
My sign would say something like "Francis, why do you pretend to be pope?"
There are in fact biblical examples such as Simeon who said he could now go to the grave in peace having seen the Lord’s Messiah.
But Simeon understood who the Lord’s Messiah WAS. He was famous in prophecy.
And don’t be silly, I realize the Baby Jesus is the same Jesus who came on a salvation mission. Every theologically reasonable Christmas carol reminds me of that, to my joy.
Look: the concern I am voicing here is that people of non-Christian tradition, or those who only viewed church as an empty ritual, are going to get the wrong idea when they hear the words “baby Jesus” in an information vacuum. The pope could have put in a few more words of context, it seems. Like the Baby Jesus, the Savior from God for all mankind.
Better?
Why would a non-Christian have any interest in Baby Jesus to begin with? I think the pope did okay in this regard. And you aren’t giving people in general much credit. I think most people know that “Baby Jesus” is the infant form of Jesus, no?
If you are a Muslim, one of the chief people groups involved, they definitely have a different idea about Jesus, so different that it’s like to create a caricature and slap the name Jesus on it. This “Jesus” defers to Mohammed, a very fundamentally wrong notion. Lose the divine creds, lose any chance to apprehend Who He is.
A chance to edify, missed — but still could be supplemented. Why all the defensive argumentation? Why not pray for the right thing?
Imbroglio...ha, I'll have to remember that one. Fits him to a tee.
The pope has made some errors in speak, imo; this isn’t one of them. Baby Jesus, please help our nation!
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