Pope Leo XIV speaks in front of the famous icon at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, May 28, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
PopeLeoXIVisnowgrantingapostolicblessingstothefaithfularoundtheworld,aspiritualgesturethatcanbeofficiallyrequestedthroughtheVatican’sApostolicAlmoner’sOffice.
Theseblessings,printedonparchment,areawell-establishedtraditionintheCatholicChurchandareavailableforsignificantmomentsinChristianlifesuchasthesacramentsofbaptism,confirmation,andmarriage.
AsindicatedonthewebsiteoftheVaticanApostolicAlmoner’sOffice,theprocedureforobtaininganapostolicblessingcanbecompletedintwoways:inpersonattheofficesofthisdepartmentorthroughanonlineform.
Thosewhochoosethein-personmethodshouldgototheofficeslocatedwithinVaticanCity,enteringthroughthePortadiSant’Anna,totherightofthecolonnadeinSt.Peter’sSquare.OfficehoursareMondays,Wednesdays,Fridays,andSaturdaysfrom8:30a.m.to1:30p.m.andTuesdaysandThursdaysfrom8:30a.m.to5:30p.m.localtime.
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