Papal anniversary: For 12 years he's said, 'Don't forget to pray for me'

Biographer: In 12 Years Since Election, Francis Demonstrates Papacy Is a Mission, Not a Job - The Tablet

Pope Francis smiles as he greets people after celebrating Mass at the Church of St. Anne within the Vatican March 17, 2013. (Photo: CNS/Paul Haring) by Paulina Guzik (OSV News) – As Pope Francis celebrates 12th anniversary of his election in the hospital, the papal biographer told The Tablet that the pontiff has “given a very significant witness these last few years … which in many ways is comparable to the witness that John Paul II gave … demon…

Papal anniversary: For 12 years he's said, 'Don't forget to pray for me' - Superior Catholic Herald

Pope Francis was elected March 13, 2013. For 12 years, he’s asked people not to forget to pray for him. Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As Pope Francis prepared to spend the 12th anniversary of his election at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, people at the Vatican and around the world were responding to his most frequent personal request. “From the beginning of his pontificate, we have heard Pope Francis ask us to not forget to pray fo…

Papal anniversary: For 12 years he's said, 'Don't forget to pray for me' - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Pope Francis prepared to spend the 12th anniversary of his election at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, people at the Vatican and around the world were responding to his most frequent personal request. “From the beginning of his pontificate, we have heard Pope Francis ask us to not forget to pray for him, and that is what we are doing,” said Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, …

Pope Francis at 12 years – sailing the Church into deeper waters | NEWS

Twelve years have passed since Pope Francis stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on that cool March evening in 2013. But few could have imagined then how this papacy would shape the Church and the world in the years that followed. Today, we celebrate Pope Francis’ 12th anniversary as Bishop of Rome and Successor of Peter, a fisherman’s sandals worn down by walking roads less travelled, roads that have led the Church into the hear…

Surely you have seen that Pope Francis always wears on his head a silk garment that resembles a small white cap, well, that article is called solideo, but did you know that this solideo has a very important meaning within the Catholic Church and that there are also them in various colors? What is the solideo? The solideo, whose name arises from the Latin expression soli Deo, which means “to God alone”, is an ecclesiastical garment that resembles…

Papal anniversary: For 12 years he's said, 'Don't forget to pray for me'

Pope Francis bows his head in prayer during his election night appearance on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 13, 2013. The crowd joined the pope in silent prayer after he asked them to pray that God would bless him. CNS photo/Paul Haring As Pope Francis prepared to spend the 12th anniversary of his election at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, people at the Vatican and around the world were responding to his most frequent…