What is the fuss, Gus?
Jesus will meet you right now!
Just pray, and He'll hear!
Posted on 03/13/2006 7:27:10 AM PST by bboop
Does anyone know about audiences with the Pope? They are always on ... Tuesdays? Wednesday? Thanks.
I was told they were on Wednesdays, and that if you contacted a local church or Priest they could direct you through the diocese how to ask to attend one.
What is the fuss, Gus?
Jesus will meet you right now!
Just pray, and He'll hear!
I usually let the Pope meet me on Thursday. 8>)
How to get tickets
to papal audiences and Masses
By Catholic News Service
To attend a papal Mass or the Wednesday general audience, visitors need to have tickets, which are free. Visitors should remember that there is a strictly enforced dress code for entering St. Peter’s Basilica -- shoulders must be covered, shorts are not allowed and skirts should reach the knees.
There are two main sources of tickets:
1) The U.S. bishops’ conference and the North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome, run an efficient and friendly service for securing tickets to papal events. Tips are also offered on how to turn a visit into a pilgrimage.
The tickets should be requested at least 10 days in advance of the Wednesday general audience or the Mass the visitor would like to attend.
Letters accompanied by a bishop’s or priest’s recommendation often result in a ticket for a seating section closer to the pope but -- whatever type of ticket the visitor ends up with -- the best guarantee for a good position is to arrive early and get a seat near one of the aisles where the pope may pass.
Ticket requests may be sent by e-mail -- nacvisoffrome@pnac.org-- to the Bishops’ Office for United States Visitors to the Vatican. They also may be faxed to (39-06) 679-1448. The office telephone number is: (39-06) 690-011.
The office is located near the Trevi Fountain on Via dell’Umilta 30. Tickets for the Wednesday audiences are distributed at the office Tuesday afternoons from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The office will advise visitors about the pickup date for tickets to papal Masses.
2) Visitors also can write directly to the Vatican for tickets. Letters should be addressed to: Archbishop James Harvey, Prefect of the Pontifical Household, Vatican City 00120, Europe. The requests also may be faxed to the archbishop’s office: (39-06) 6988-5863.
After the request is made, the tickets can be picked up the afternoon before the audience between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Bronze Doors under the colonnade in St. Peter’s Square.
I thank you for the good information.
The Pope checks in here
every afternoon! Only
Mods know His screen name . . .
Ping!
LOL!
Go early for the security check. Audience begins at 10:30 AM on Wednesdays. But usually, they've got pre-program stuff, like a chorus singing the Psalm chant for the day, a band playing. Then at 10:15, the various bishops appointed for each language group will get up and read the psalm.
One big tip....get a center aisle seat because the Pope will come out of the right gate (when facing the Basilica) and go down the aisles. People WILL stand on their chairs. If you get an aisle seat, you have a very high probability of shaking his hand.
Observe the dress code. The guards will send you away...no shorts, no tank tops, no short skirts.
Bring water and a hat. Make sure your camera batteries are working. Bring an umbrella just in case. The weather is changeable.
When the different groups are recognized, people try to outdo each other's enthusiasm.
At the end, when he'll give the blessing, you can get out your rosary (or pile of rosaries from all the friends and relatives who sent theirs to you to have blessed) to be blessed.
Prepare to have your heart swell with love when you see him in person. No matter how stoic you are, it will hit you like a ton of bricks.
Are you going to Rome? If not, I post the transcripts to the weekly audiences on FR. I can add you to the weekly audience ping list, if you want.
Yes, the end of June. For a friend's wedding. Do add me to your list, thanks.
Thanks for the good details. I'm getting excited. Last time we were in Rome we were not yet Catholic, but Christian. Still attended Mass when JP2 was there. THis time will be different.
On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog or the Pope ...hee hee...
Of course, nobody knows if you are a cat either, except maybe by how you use the mouse.
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Who Is "Robert Klingler"?
On the trail of the man who duped Slate.
By Jack Shafer
Posted Tuesday, March 12, 2002, at 7:46 PM ET
In the famous New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner, a dog seated in front of a PC turns to his canine colleague and boasts, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."
Although dogs have not logged onto the Internet in the numbers Web visionaries predicted in the early '90s, Steiner's lesson still stands: You can never be too sure that your fascinating e-mail correspondent isn't a barking imposter. Last week, Slate got taken by an Internet dog when it published the diary of "Robert Klingler," an individual who claimed in e-mails and on the telephone to be the CEO of BMW's North American operations.
Slate published two installments of Klingler's projected weeklong diary before discovering his ruse on Tuesday, March 5. When told by BMW that no Robert Klingler worked there, Slate disavowed both diary entries, and I published this mea culpa, "Slate Gets Duped." I explained that Klingler had "spoofed" his e-mail address to make it appear that it had originated from the car manufacturer. (For more on how to detect "e-mail spoofing," see this week's "Webhead" column, by Bill Barnes.)
In "Slate Gets Duped," I promised to investigate the hoax and report back. After interviews with scores of sources and vigorous surfing of the Web and other databases, I can't tell you with absolute certainty who Robert Klingler is. There's an excellent chance he doesn't even exist. It could be that one or two—or who knows how many—people might be behind the scenes, conjuring Klingler into existence, or that the people linked to Klingler in this piece are themselves the victims of a hoax. This is my account, but I will add to it if I learn more.
Slate believes that it first encountered the man doing business as Robert Klingler through "The Fray," the discussion area where Slate readers and writers mix it up. On Oct. 31, 2001, Slate "Fray" editor Moira Redmond received an e-mail signed by "Rob Klingler" in which he responded to the Slate "Diary" Redmond was writing that week ...
In case you missed this thread:
Blown Clean Away by a Brush with Benedict
For the public audiences (Wednesdays) you just show up at St. Peter's Square. In the first year of your marriage, if you're Catholic, you're entitled to Sposi Novelli, where you get to sit in a special section & line up to get a personal blessing & kiss his ring. Steve & I did it. Freepmail me for details if you want them.
I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things.
And when I had heard and seen them,
I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel
who had been showing them to me.
But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am
a fellow servant with you and with
your brothers the prophets and
of all who keep the words of this book.
Worship God!"
Revelation 22:8-9
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