Not exactly just another sunday angelus!! #welcomingF1 #Roma pic.twitter.com/YHSYw27tU8
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 17, 2013
No, it wasn’t just another Sunday. Pope Francis I gave his first Angelus today as pope. Thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
Not even nine am and the faithful gather in St Peter's Square to greet their Pope Francis for his first Angelus pic.twitter.com/WaoQHjOkFS
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 17, 2013
Thousands streaming into St. Peter's square as Angelus begins. Running to get a view. #pope pic.twitter.com/fl9ZSccQN1
— Kevin Bishop (@bishopk) March 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/marucarmi/status/313260361757376516
Huge crowds gathering ahead of #pope first Angelus prayers @SBSNews pic.twitter.com/HFPIY3YutE
— brian thomson (@brianthomsontv) March 17, 2013
Earlier this morning, after mass at St. Anna’s church, Pope Francis I ducked into the crowd.
After mass at the Vatican's parish church of St. Anna, pope greets all attendees outside church. Great joy. We are seeing something new.
— TheAnchoress (@TheAnchoress) March 17, 2013
It's like Peter is back in the streets of Rome. That will freak out some St. Malachy folks.
— TheAnchoress (@TheAnchoress) March 17, 2013
Pope goes to crowd behind barriers. He has surprising energy for 76!
— TheAnchoress (@TheAnchoress) March 17, 2013
Francis has changed from mass robes. In the street in his whites, talking to some nuns.
— TheAnchoress (@TheAnchoress) March 17, 2013
Pope Francis, having taken a great deal of time greeting parishioners of St. Anna's and many in the street finally gets on car.
— TheAnchoress (@TheAnchoress) March 17, 2013
In less than a half hour he will appear for angelus. Being Peter is the busiest job in the world.
— TheAnchoress (@TheAnchoress) March 17, 2013
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@Pontifex Thanks Pope Francis for the things that you did not say but you did. You're out in the crowd. THANKS
— Studio Archigeo (@effearch) March 17, 2013
RT @nycjim: Pope Francis visits his local parish church & mingles w/crowd. http://t.co/ZCOUn2masB http://t.co/n7RVGehRgg
— Soraida Salwala (@SoraidaSalwala) March 17, 2013
Amazing. While the morally bankrupt are spewing vicious hatred, Pope Francis I is showing his humility and his love for humankind.
More photos of the massive crowd, assembled for the pope’s first Angelus. Estimates have the crowd at 150,000.
Over 150,000 people fill into St Peter's Square to see the Pope @CNN @danieljerivers @Pontifex pic.twitter.com/odknkVhJGa
— Paul (@cameramanCNN) March 17, 2013
Argentinian flags fly over St Peter's Square as thousands wait for Pope Francis I's first Angelus pic.twitter.com/HVEN2QExjM
— Lauren Davidson (@laurendavidson) March 17, 2013
Cheering crowds following Pope Frances delivering his first Angelus prayer pic.twitter.com/GcwAZAavMI
— BethRyder (@BethRyder) March 17, 2013
Crowds on St Peter's Sq for Pope Francis' first Angelus. BBC planning guru Anna Williams surveys the scene: pic.twitter.com/t3J8kff2pu
— Michael Hirst (@hirstmike) March 17, 2013
Packed St. Peter's square for #Pope Francis first angelus. He spoke of god's tireless mercy pic.twitter.com/36LSzeCPnt
— Alessandro Speciale (@aspeciale) March 17, 2013
Australian flag flying among the pilgrims at St Peter's square ahead of #pope first Angelus prayers @sbsnews pic.twitter.com/I0OjofVR9W
— brian thomson (@brianthomsontv) March 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/yheyha2392/status/313267995755552770
Quite a sight. Around 150,000 flocked to St. Peter's for the first angelus from Pope Francis. pic.twitter.com/HF5YdhaQbX
— Matthew Jaffe (@matthewbjaffe) March 17, 2013
SNAPSHOT: Pope Francis celebrates his first mass and delivers first Angelus as Pontiff pic.twitter.com/cSnFIoYKKU
— Naija Blizz Mags (@Blizzmags) March 17, 2013
The window appearance:
Pope Francis appears at the window of his future private apartment to bless the faithful during the Sunday Angelus pic.twitter.com/dmFuHbtW2F
— Naija Blizz Mags (@Blizzmags) March 17, 2013
Pope Francis praying the Angelus pic.twitter.com/CeiLJ31Lgq
— UKPilgrims (@UKPilgrims) March 17, 2013
First Sunday Angelus of Pope Francis pic.twitter.com/04Bwet1URV
— David デビッド (@davidspd) March 17, 2013
'Pray for me', pope urges at first Angelus – http://t.co/ySvThmtnzP pic.twitter.com/a3lEe0cMDm
— Reporters365 (@Reporters365) March 17, 2013
And some beautiful and wise words from Pope Francis I today.
https://twitter.com/kkdisplay/status/313267950914252802
Packed St. Peter's square for #Pope Francis first angelus. He spoke of god's tireless mercy pic.twitter.com/36LSzeCPnt
— Alessandro Speciale (@aspeciale) March 17, 2013
'We need to understand our patient and merciful father.'
— Madeleine Teahan (@MadeleineTeahan) March 17, 2013
Pope Francis recalls an elderly woman came to him and he said to her "grandmother would you like to go to Confession?"
— Madeleine Teahan (@MadeleineTeahan) March 17, 2013
Elderly lady told the Pope that God is forgiving and merciful. Pope struck by her wisdom.
— Madeleine Teahan (@MadeleineTeahan) March 17, 2013
'Let us never forget that God never tires of forgiving us. The problem is that we do not want to ask forgiveness.'
— Madeleine Teahan (@MadeleineTeahan) March 17, 2013
"Mercy is the Lord's most powerful message." #PopeFrancis at Sunday Mass. http://t.co/ZdYDwqo7fv
— Rafael Capo (@FatherCapo) March 17, 2013
In a hurting world how refreshing to hear that God never tires of forgiving us. Pope Francis' First Angelus live in St. Peter's Square
— Amy Hybels (@amyhybels) March 17, 2013
Amen.
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