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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 8 : GENERAL VIEW OF THE NAVE, THE LARGEST CHURCH IN CHRISTENDOM. IN THE MIDDLE, ALL ALONG THE NAVE, BRONZE MARKS ON THE MARBLE FLOOR INDICATE THE SIZE OF THE 14 LARGEST CHURCHES IN THE WORLD. THE STATUES IN THE NICHES REPRESENT 39 FOUNDERS OF RELIGIOUS ORDER. ON BACKGROUND, THE PAPAL ALTAR AND BERNINI CANOPY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Franciscans and Trinitarians - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) and the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians) on June 20, 2025 in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV calls on religious to never cease to bring consolation to those being persecuted for their faith, as he thanks the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and Trinitarians on the occasion of their General Chapters. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Franciscans and Trinitarians - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) and (at left) the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians) on June 20, 2025 in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV calls on religious to never cease to bring consolation to those being persecuted for their faith, as he thanks the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and Trinitarians on the occasion of their General Chapters. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Franciscans and Trinitarians - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets the cardinal Mauro Gambetti, member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, during a meeting with the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) and the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians) on June 20, 2025 in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV calls on religious to never cease to bring consolation to those being persecuted for their faith, as he thanks the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and Trinitarians on the occasion of their General Chapters. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Franciscans and Trinitarians - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) and the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians) on June 20, 2025 in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV calls on religious to never cease to bring consolation to those being persecuted for their faith, as he thanks the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and Trinitarians on the occasion of their General Chapters. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Franciscans and Trinitarians - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets a member of the Trinitarians during a meeting with the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) and the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (Trinitarians) on June 20, 2025 in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV calls on religious to never cease to bring consolation to those being persecuted for their faith, as he thanks the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and Trinitarians on the occasion of their General Chapters. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump greets guests after signing an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

Guests pray as US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump greets guests after signing an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump greets guests after signing an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump in a National Day of Prayer - Washington

US President Donald Trump signs an order regarding religious freedom after remarks, followed by prayers by several of the invited religious leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis meets with Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese in a private audience at the Vatican on November 30, 2016. Scorsese is in Rome to present his new film 'Silence'. The movie, adapted from the 1966 novel by Japanese writer Shusaku Endo is about the persecution of a group of Jesuits in 17th-century Japan. The pope and Scorsese discussed the film and the mission of the Jesuits, the religious order Francis belongs to. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: LEFT and CENTER: Photographic reproduction of the altar of Our Lady of the Rosary, placed in an early chapel, between the current church and the religious house, destroyed in the fire on November 15 1897. On the left of the wall we can see a deceased in pain sentenced to Purgatory who wanted to get in touch with the living, asking for prayers. - - - RIGHT: Photographic reproduction of a burn mark left on Saturday 13 October 1696, on the apron of Sister Maria Herendorps a lay religious of the Benedictine monastery of Winnemberg (Germany) from the hand of the deceased Sister Chiara Schoelers, religious chorister of the same Order, victim of the plague in 1637. At the bottom of the photo we can see the burn

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: Photographic reproduction of a burn mark left on Saturday 13 October 1696, on the apron of Sister Maria Herendorps a lay religious of the Benedictine monastery of Winnemberg (Germany) from the hand of the deceased Sister Chiara Schoelers, religious chorister of the same Order, victim of the plague in 1637. At the bottom of the photo we can see the burnt imprint of two hands, left by the same nun on a strip of canvas. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the even

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Jubilee 2025 in Rome - The Seven Churches Pilgrimage

St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on december 2024 is one of the churches included in the itinerary of the pilgrimage of the seven churches of Rome which is an itinerary of about 20 kilometers that pilgrims use to cover in a single day during the year of the jubilee. The start of the Jubilee year will be on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Doors in Rome in the basilicas of St Peter, San Giovanni in Laterano, San Paolo Outside the Walls and Santa Maria Maggiore. The tradition of visiting all seven churches was started by Philip Neri around 1553 in order to combine conviviality and the sharing of a common religious experience through discovering of the heritage of the early Saints. The seven churches included in his itinerary are: Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican, Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, Basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Basilica of Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Basilica of Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls, Basilica of Saint Mary Major. - St

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Jubilee 2025 in Rome - The Seven Churches Pilgrimage

The basilica of San Paolo fuori le mura (Saint Paul outside the walls) in Rome, Italy on December 2024, is one of the churches included in the itinerary of the pilgrimage of the seven churches of Rome which is an itinerary of about 20 kilometers that pilgrims use to cover in a single day during the year of the jubilee. The start of the Jubilee year will be on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Doors in Rome in the basilicas of St Peter, San Giovanni in Laterano, San Paolo Outside the Walls and Santa Maria Maggiore. The tradition of visiting all seven churches was started by Philip Neri around 1553 in order to combine conviviality and the sharing of a common religious experience through discovering of the heritage of the early Saints. The seven churches included in his itinerary are: Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican, Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, Basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Basilica of Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Basilica of Saint Lawrence Ou

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Jubilee 2025 in Rome - The Seven Churches Pilgrimage

The basilica of Saint Sebastian outside the walls (San Sebastiano Fuori Le Mura) in Rome, Italy on December 2024, is one of the churches included in the itinerary of the pilgrimage of the seven churches of Rome which is an itinerary of about 20 kilometers that pilgrims use to cover in a single day during the year of the jubilee. The start of the Jubilee year will be on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Doors in Rome in the basilicas of St Peter, San Giovanni in Laterano, San Paolo Outside the Walls and Santa Maria Maggiore. The tradition of visiting all seven churches was started by Philip Neri around 1553 in order to combine conviviality and the sharing of a common religious experience through discovering of the heritage of the early Saints. The seven churches included in his itinerary are: Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican, Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, Basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Basilica of Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Basilica of Saint L

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Jubilee 2025 in Rome - The Seven Churches Pilgrimage

Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (Saint Mary Major) in Rome, Italy on December 2024, is one of the churches included in the itinerary of the pilgrimage of the seven churches of Rome which is an itinerary of about 20 kilometers that pilgrims use to cover in a single day during the year of the jubilee. The start of the Jubilee year will be on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Doors in Rome in the basilicas of St Peter, San Giovanni in Laterano, San Paolo Outside the Walls and Santa Maria Maggiore. The tradition of visiting all seven churches was started by Philip Neri around 1553 in order to combine conviviality and the sharing of a common religious experience through discovering of the heritage of the early Saints. The seven churches included in his itinerary are: Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican, Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, Basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Basilica of Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Basilica of Saint Lawrence Outside the Walls, Ba

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Jubilee 2025 in Rome - The Seven Churches Pilgrimage

Basilica of (Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (St. John Lateran) in Rome, Italy on December 2024, is one of the churches included in the itinerary of the pilgrimage of the seven churches of Rome which is an itinerary of about 20 kilometers that pilgrims use to cover in a single day during the year of the jubilee. The start of the Jubilee year will be on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Doors in Rome in the basilicas of St Peter, San Giovanni in Laterano, San Paolo Outside the Walls and Santa Maria Maggiore. - The tradition of visiting all seven churches was started by Philip Neri around 1553 in order to combine conviviality and the sharing of a common religious experience through discovering of the heritage of the early Saints. The seven churches included in his itinerary are: Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican, Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, Basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Basilica of Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Basilica of Saint Lawrence Ou

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Jubilee 2025 in Rome - The Seven Churches Pilgrimage

Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (the Holy Cross in Jerusalem) in Rome, Italy on December 2024, is one of the churches included in the itinerary of the pilgrimage of the seven churches of Rome which is an itinerary of about 20 kilometers that pilgrims use to cover in a single day during the year of the jubilee. The start of the Jubilee year will be on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Doors in Rome in the basilicas of St Peter, San Giovanni in Laterano, San Paolo Outside the Walls and Santa Maria Maggiore. The tradition of visiting all seven churches was started by Philip Neri around 1553 in order to combine conviviality and the sharing of a common religious experience through discovering of the heritage of the early Saints. The seven churches included in his itinerary are: Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican, Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, Basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Basilica of Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Basilica of Saint Lawrence Outs

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Jubilee 2025 in Rome - The Seven Churches Pilgrimage

Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le mura (Saint Lawrence outside the Walls) in Rome, Italy on December 2024, is one of the churches included in the itinerary of the pilgrimage of the seven churches of Rome which is an itinerary of about 20 kilometers that pilgrims use to cover in a single day during the year of the jubilee. The start of the Jubilee year will be on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Doors in Rome in the basilicas of St Peter, San Giovanni in Laterano, San Paolo Outside the Walls and Santa Maria Maggiore. The tradition of visiting all seven churches was started by Philip Neri around 1553 in order to combine conviviality and the sharing of a common religious experience through discovering of the heritage of the early Saints. The seven churches included in his itinerary are: Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican, Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, Basilica of St Sebastian Outside the Walls, Basilica of St. John Lateran, Basilica of Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Basilica of Saint Lawrence

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Pope Francis Meets Grand Master Of The Order Of Malta - Vatican

Pope Francis meets Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on June 27, 2024 at the Vatican. The focus was on interventions in support of the Ukrainian population, from medical and social assistance to the distribution of meals and medicines, from transportation and accompaniment to reception points situated in various locations in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Dunlap is the first Prince and Grand Master not to be of noble or aristocratic ancestry, which was traditionally a requirement for the role until a revision to the Order's constitution ordered by Pope Francis in 2022. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, founded in Jerusalem around the year 1048, is a primary subject of international law and a Catholic and lay religious order. Its mission is to bear witness to the faith and assist the poor and sick. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Grand Master Of The Order Of Malta - Vatican

Pope Francis meets Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on June 27, 2024 at the Vatican. The focus was on interventions in support of the Ukrainian population, from medical and social assistance to the distribution of meals and medicines, from transportation and accompaniment to reception points situated in various locations in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Dunlap is the first Prince and Grand Master not to be of noble or aristocratic ancestry, which was traditionally a requirement for the role until a revision to the Order's constitution ordered by Pope Francis in 2022. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, founded in Jerusalem around the year 1048, is a primary subject of international law and a Catholic and lay religious order. Its mission is to bear witness to the faith and assist the poor and sick. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Grand Master Of The Order Of Malta - Vatican

Pope Francis meets Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on June 27, 2024 at the Vatican. The focus was on interventions in support of the Ukrainian population, from medical and social assistance to the distribution of meals and medicines, from transportation and accompaniment to reception points situated in various locations in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Dunlap is the first Prince and Grand Master not to be of noble or aristocratic ancestry, which was traditionally a requirement for the role until a revision to the Order's constitution ordered by Pope Francis in 2022. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, founded in Jerusalem around the year 1048, is a primary subject of international law and a Catholic and lay religious order. Its mission is to bear witness to the faith and assist the poor and sick. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Grand Master Of The Order Of Malta - Vatican

Pope Francis meets Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on June 27, 2024 at the Vatican. The focus was on interventions in support of the Ukrainian population, from medical and social assistance to the distribution of meals and medicines, from transportation and accompaniment to reception points situated in various locations in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Dunlap is the first Prince and Grand Master not to be of noble or aristocratic ancestry, which was traditionally a requirement for the role until a revision to the Order's constitution ordered by Pope Francis in 2022. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, founded in Jerusalem around the year 1048, is a primary subject of international law and a Catholic and lay religious order. Its mission is to bear witness to the faith and assist the poor and sick. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Grand Master Of The Order Of Malta - Vatican

Pope Francis meets Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on June 27, 2024 at the Vatican. The focus was on interventions in support of the Ukrainian population, from medical and social assistance to the distribution of meals and medicines, from transportation and accompaniment to reception points situated in various locations in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Dunlap is the first Prince and Grand Master not to be of noble or aristocratic ancestry, which was traditionally a requirement for the role until a revision to the Order's constitution ordered by Pope Francis in 2022. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, founded in Jerusalem around the year 1048, is a primary subject of international law and a Catholic and lay religious order. Its mission is to bear witness to the faith and assist the poor and sick. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Grand Master Of The Order Of Malta - Vatican

Pope Francis meets Fra’ John Timothy Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master and head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on June 27, 2024 at the Vatican. The focus was on interventions in support of the Ukrainian population, from medical and social assistance to the distribution of meals and medicines, from transportation and accompaniment to reception points situated in various locations in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Dunlap is the first Prince and Grand Master not to be of noble or aristocratic ancestry, which was traditionally a requirement for the role until a revision to the Order's constitution ordered by Pope Francis in 2022. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, founded in Jerusalem around the year 1048, is a primary subject of international law and a Catholic and lay religious order. Its mission is to bear witness to the faith and assist the poor and sick. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Young Priests - Rome

Pope Francis meets with Roman priests ordained for less than ten years in Rome, Italy, on May 29, 2024. Pope Francis continues his series of meetings with the clergy of his Diocese, speaking with a group of recently-ordained priests about pastoral issues. The encounter was hosted by the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, an order of religious sisters, and the Pope received an affectionate welcome from the nuns, amidst greetings, gifts, and blessings. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Young Priests - Rome

Pope Francis meets with young Roman priests In Rome, Italy, on May 29, 2024. Pope Francis continues his series of meetings with the clergy of his Diocese, speaking with a group of recently-ordained priests about pastoral issues. The encounter was hosted by the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, an order of religious sisters, and the Pope received an affectionate welcome from the nuns, amidst greetings, gifts, and blessings. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Young Priests - Rome

Pope Francis meets with young Roman priests In Rome, Italy, on May 29, 2024. Pope Francis continues his series of meetings with the clergy of his Diocese, speaking with a group of recently-ordained priests about pastoral issues. The encounter was hosted by the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, an order of religious sisters, and the Pope received an affectionate welcome from the nuns, amidst greetings, gifts, and blessings. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Young Priests - Rome

Pope Francis meets with Roman priests ordained for less than ten years in Rome, Italy, on May 29, 2024. Pope Francis continues his series of meetings with the clergy of his Diocese, speaking with a group of recently-ordained priests about pastoral issues. The encounter was hosted by the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, an order of religious sisters, and the Pope received an affectionate welcome from the nuns, amidst greetings, gifts, and blessings. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets Young Priests - Rome

Pope Francis meets with Roman priests ordained for less than ten years in Rome, Italy, on May 29, 2024. Pope Francis continues his series of meetings with the clergy of his Diocese, speaking with a group of recently-ordained priests about pastoral issues. The encounter was hosted by the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, an order of religious sisters, and the Pope received an affectionate welcome from the nuns, amidst greetings, gifts, and blessings. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM