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The 6-ton marble statue of the Korean martyr, which will be permanently installed in a niche outside St. Peter’s Basilica, will then be blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St ...
Afterward, at 4:30p.m., Italian Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, will give the solemn blessing and inauguration of the statue of the Korean saint.
Vatican City, Sep 13, 2005 / 22:00 pm. At the conclusion of his general audience today at St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his blessing upon a statue of St. Josemaria Escriva ...