St Peter with St Francis
The Successor of St Peter undertakes a State Visit from today, and will grace the United Kingdom with his presence until Sunday.
Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff Benedict:
May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
This is a detail of the mosaic in the apse of the Pope's cathedral church of St John Lateran in Rome. Parts of it date to the 4th century, although it was largely restored in the 13th-century.
St Peter with St Francis
The Successor of St Peter undertakes a State Visit from today, and will grace the United Kingdom with his presence until Sunday.
Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff Benedict:
May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
This is a detail of the mosaic in the apse of the Pope's cathedral church of St John Lateran in Rome. Parts of it date to the 4th century, although it was largely restored in the 13th-century.