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\n(photo courtesy of Dino Lara<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Above is a photo of Larry & Whally<\/a> who displayed their Papal Blessing Certificate during the ceremony of their August 30 wedding.\u00a0 The couple is one of the numerous W@Wie couples<\/a> who got themselves the certificate directly from the Vatican.\u00a0 This was made possible when Gen (ni Rod)<\/em> — a W@Wie based in Rome — offered to request the Papal Blessings on the W@Wies behalf.<\/p>\n

What exactly is a Papal Blessing? Also known as Benediction Papalis<\/em>, this blessing is imparted by the the sitting Catholic Pontiff (Pope Benedict XVI<\/a> in this case).\u00a0 It may be requested by Catholics for any occasion such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. The certificate — beautifully printed on a parchment — is not the actual blessing from the Holy Father, but only a tangible reminder of it (more info about Papal Blessings here<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Due to the volume, Gen set-up this multiply site<\/a> to accommodate requests, not just from W@Wies, but to others who might want to receive their own Papal Blessing Certificates or those who want give these as special gifts for the soon-to-weds or their loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(photo courtesy of Dino Lara) Above is a photo of Larry & Whally who displayed their Papal Blessing Certificate during the ceremony of their August 30 wedding.\u00a0 The couple is one of the numerous W@Wie couples who got themselves the certificate directly from the Vatican.\u00a0 This was made possible when Gen (ni Rod) — a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trends","category-wedding-hacks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}