Overview

• During the post-Angelus tour of the square, the pope halted the popemobile before the image and made the sign of blessing, then paused in prayer.
• Thousands of devotees gathered in purple habits, with Peruvian and Venezuelan flags visible across St. Peter’s Square.
• A children’s orchestra from a Paris music school performed El Cóndor Pasa as the pope arrived at the image, according to event organizers.
• Earlier, an international procession advanced along the Via della Conciliazione, coordinated by brotherhoods from Europe, the United States and South America.
• Cardinal Pedro Barreto will preside a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica later today and emphasized the devotion’s roots in a migrant African painter and its universal place in the Church.