SANTIAGO: Pope Francis on Thursday carried out another first, a wedding rite for a steward and stewardess, aboard a airplane taking him between two Chilean cities.
Paula Podest Ruiz, 39, and Carlos Ciuffardi Elorriga, 41, informed the pope they'd been married in a civil provider however their deliberate spiritual rite in their parish church in Santiago could now not take place as it was once heavily damaged within the nation's 2010 earthquake.
They requested him to bless their marriage. But he had something else in mind.
"Do you want me to marry you?" he requested them.
"Here?" they requested, astonished.
The pope said yes and he carried out a brief rite within the front of the airplane. An airline executive was once the legit witness and a file was once signed by means of a Chilean bishop on board.
"Everything is valid. Everything is official," said Vatican spokesman Greg Burke. "We will show you a picture of the document later."
The rite happened whilst the pope and his entourage were flying from Santiago to the northern city of Iquique.
Paula Podest Ruiz, 39, and Carlos Ciuffardi Elorriga, 41, informed the pope they'd been married in a civil provider however their deliberate spiritual rite in their parish church in Santiago could now not take place as it was once heavily damaged within the nation's 2010 earthquake.
They requested him to bless their marriage. But he had something else in mind.
"Do you want me to marry you?" he requested them.
"Here?" they requested, astonished.
The pope said yes and he carried out a brief rite within the front of the airplane. An airline executive was once the legit witness and a file was once signed by means of a Chilean bishop on board.
"Everything is valid. Everything is official," said Vatican spokesman Greg Burke. "We will show you a picture of the document later."
The rite happened whilst the pope and his entourage were flying from Santiago to the northern city of Iquique.
Pope performs marriage aboard plane in Chile
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