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    Urbi et Orbi (lit. 'to the city [of Rome] and to the world') denotes a papal address and apostolic blessing given by the pope on certain solemn occasions...
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    challenges deriving from it. On 27 March, Francis gave an extraordinary benediction Urbi et Orbi. In his homily on calming the storm in the Gospel of Mark, Francis...
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    height of the outbreak in Italy, on 27 March, Pope Francis imparted the Urbi et Orbi blessing, normally reserved for Christmas and Easter, from an empty Saint...
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    consecrations, at the solemnly celebrated Liturgy of the Hours, in giving Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and the celebration of other sacraments outside...
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    Receiving, even by radio or television, the blessing given by the Pope Urbi et Orbi ('to the city [of Rome] and to the world') or that which a bishop is...
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    in the Church of St. Ann. Pope Benedict XVI participated and gave his benediction on the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the college in 2005 in the...
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    Following his coronation, the pope imparted the solemn papal blessing Urbi et Orbi. Following 1929, the new pope would have received a salute by a guard...
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  • p. 223. ISBN 0-521-84901-2. C. Barlaeus, Rerum per octennium in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum "Quando i politici si rifugiano nel latino", La Repubblica...
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    Ex Cathedra announcements, some solemn processions and the blessing Urbi et Orbi. Subcinctorium A vestment similar to a broad maniple but worn suspended...
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    Rossellino, who improved the apse and partially added a multi-story benediction loggia to the atrium façade, on which construction continued intermittently...
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