Visiting the Pope

Grace y Rainiero visitaron a varios Papas, como la ocasión que vemos aquí de la visita al Papa Pío XII. Grace Kelly nació en un hogar católico y concurrió a escuelas católicas. Para saber: Monaco and the Vatican. En vocabulario: bestowed, minted, notwithstanding

The children were raised in the Catholic faith…

Princess Grace wears the traditional black gown. On the Prince uniform is the Golden Spur…

Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November 12, 1929, at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an affluent and influential family. Her father, Irish-American John B. Kelly Sr., had won three Olympic gold medals for sculling and owned a successful brickwork contracting company that was well known on the East Coast. As Democratic nominee in the 1935 election for Mayor of Philadelphia, he lost by the closest margin in the city's history. In later years he served on the Fairmount Park Commission and, during World War II, was appointed by President Roosevelt as National Director of Physical Fitness.

Kelly's mother, Margaret Katherine Majer, had German parents. Margaret had taught physical education at the University of Pennsylvania and had been the first woman to coach women's athletics at the institution. She also modeled for a time in her youth. After marrying John B. Kelly in 1924, Margaret focused on being a housewife until all her children were of school age, following which she began actively participating in various civic organizations.

Kelly had two older siblings, Margaret and John Jr., and a younger sister, Elizabeth. The children were raised in the Catholic faith.

Kelly grew up in a small, close-knit Catholic community. Saint Bridget's was the East Falls parish where she was baptized and received her earliest education. Founded in 1853 by Saint John Neumann, the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia, Saint Bridget's was at that time a relatively young parish, where families were very close to one another. While attending Ravenhill Academy, a reputable Catholic girls' school, Kelly modeled fashions at local charity events with her mother and sisters.

Princess Grace Visits the Pope (1957)

Prince and Princess visit Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)

—The Papal guard is on parade for the arrival of Prince Rainier and Princess Rainier of Monaco who are paying an official visit to the Pope Pius XII.

When his Holiness has granted audience to a head of state, even to such tiny state as Monaco, the ceremony is long and formal. On this occasion it lasts more than 2 hours.

Princess Grace wears the traditional black gown. On the Prince uniform is the Golden Spur, of the oldest of all Papal awards bestowed on him this morning.

At the end of the audience the Pope gives his blessing to the royal couple.

As they take their leave the Royal visitors hand to the Pope a gold medal specially minted by the French jeweler Cartier. They walk in procession to the palace, pass the switcher of the Papal bodyguard who salute one of the smallest but oldest catholic states of the world.

También

You can also check the following link, of Grace praying with father Payton, which has highly touched my heart:

Grace Kelly praying with father Payton

Her Serene Highness, Princess Grace of Monaco, prays the Rosary with Father Patrick Peyton in an Easter Television special produced by Family Theater Productions.  Actor/director John Huston narrates.

“The first time I heard the words: the family that prays together stays together I was listening to a radio program as a young girl in Philadelphia. The words are as true today as they were then.” (Grace Kelly)

Para saber

Despite having an official Monegasque diplomatic legation at the Holy See, for at least seventy years, from 1915 to 1982, with the Monegasque diplomatic representative only holding the rank of "minister plenipotentiary," and notwithstanding the fact that Pope John Paul II visited France seven times, and never visited the Principality proper, the historic friendly relations shared between the Catholic Principality of Monaco and the Holy See prompted the heads of state of the Principality of Monaco to make repeated visits to the Roman Pontiff at the State of Vatican City over the years. Starting in 1957, Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace of Monaco visited the Vatican State on several occasions to pay their sovereign respect to the Vicar of Christ in the person of the Roman Pontiff. Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace were received by Popes Pius XII on May 6, 1957. Their audience with Pope Pius XII is given some mention in the May 13, 1957 issue of Time magazine, "The Vatican's Swiss guards, rigged for the occasion in shiny steel breastplates over their blue and gold uniforms, sprang to attention (medieval form, feet splayed) to greet Monaco's Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace on their official visit to Pope Pius XII. Their private audience marked Grace's first meeting with His Holiness. The Pope advised the sovereigns to adhere to an "irreproachable faithfulness to the dictates of Catholic morals." Grace should have many children, said Pius, "so as to secure a healthy Monegasque reigning line, for the good of Monaco's people."

Their Serene Highnesses also met with Popes John Paul I and John Paul II in 1978.

Vocabulario

bestowed: conferred on, gave.

"the office was bestowed on him by the monarch of this realm"

minted: recently produced or made.

notwithstanding: in spite of.

"notwithstanding the evidence, the consensus is that the jury will not reach a verdict"

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