papal visit
Pope comes calling
A papal visit is an official trip by the Pope to a country or region outside Vatican City.
These visits typically include public masses, meetings with government leaders, and addresses to Catholic communities.
The arrival of a pope draws massive crowds and extensive media coverage: The city prepared for months before the papal visit.
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
- Holy FatherCatholic Church's head
- VaticanPapal city-state
- St. Peter's SquareVatican's main plaza
- white smokeVatican election success indicator
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- visitsdrop-in, drop by, pop in, pop-in, house call
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools
- Vatican eventsconclave, canonization, beatification, consistory, general audience
- formal eventsball, wedding, black dress, funeral, winter formal
- global eventsOlympics, World Cup, FIFA World Cup, Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics
- Vatican diplomacynuncio, legate, legates, apostolic delegate, Holy See