This page describes how to get these.
http://www.santasusanna.org/popeVatican/tickets.html
It says you won't get a confirmation. But what I'd like to know is the dates for the papal events. I am interested (I think) in the Wednesday morning event at St. Peters, which I think is an outdoor mass. Is this form the way to get tickets for that event and is that what I should be looking for?
I presume it's not possible to just show up at St. Peters on Jan. 5 and see this, or is it?
I'm in Rome from Jan. 4-9. I'm interested in seeing the pope because of his place in history, not for religious reasons.
Papal event tickets from Santa Susanna
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Santa Susanna is the American church in Rome and, if I have interpreted some of your messages correctly, you are Canadian. This may or may not matter to the good Paulist fathers of Santa Susanna...
Here is a link to an article that states that tickets to papal audiences can also be obtained by writing directly to the Vatican:
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/tickets.htm
Finally, the Wednesday audiences are held outside in the summer; in the less clement months, they are held inside and the space available is, presumably, more limited.
Santa Susanna is the American church in Rome and, if I have interpreted some of your messages correctly, you are Canadian. This may or may not matter to the good Paulist fathers of Santa Susanna...
Here is a link to an article that states that tickets to papal audiences can also be obtained by writing directly to the Vatican:
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/tickets.htm
Finally, the Wednesday audiences are held outside in the summer; in the less clement months, they are held inside and the space available is, presumably, more limited. They are audiences; no Mass is said.
Sorry about the double posting; I had no idea it had already gone through...
Thanks for the info, Eloise.
I don't think that citizenship will make a difference, because the computer form at the Santa Susanna site doesn't ask any such question.
I'll take a look at the other link.
I have a ticket for the Scavi tour at 1:45 PM on Jan. 5 (Wednesday afternoon), so if I can manage Vatican-related activities of some sort that morning that would be a good use of time, I think.
I'm going to Rome in May-could you clue me in the difference between the Papal Audience and the Papal Mass?
Thanks.
mv
There is no Mass on Wed. mornings. It is a Papal Audience which means the Pope delivers a short message, which is then read in about eight differnt languages by different priests,and various groups attending the Audience are introduced. These groups stand up and cheer or sing a song to the Pope and are sometimes in native costume. At the conclusion of the Audience, the Pope blesses the crowd (and the things they have brought with them) and a select few who have made prior arrangements are invited up on stage to be blessed by the Pope.
Public Masses conducted by the Pope are few. They are on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Easter Sunday and a few other important feast days like the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. Santa Susanna Church is no longer providing tickets to these Masses and you must go through the Vatican or the North American College of Bishops to obtain tickets to those Masses. Also, when the Pope beatifies or canonizes people, there is a special Mass and ceremony--tickets again through the Vatican or North American College.
Finally, you can show up on Sunday at noon and the Pope blesses the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square. No tickets necessary.