Pope Francis formally joined in matrimony flight attendants at an altitude of 36,000 feet!
| Jan 19, 2018, 10:20 IST
Pope Francis recently formally joined in matrimony, Chilean couple, 41-year-old Carlos Ciuffardi and Paula Podest, 39 years of age and the Pope made history to have married the couple, himself, on the Papal plane. The airline employees were married by the Pope as the plane flew over Chile on the third day of his South American trip.
The Chilean couple married in a civil ceremony in 2010 but were never formally wed in the eyes of the Catholic Church. The couple, who have two children were married by the Pope at an altitude of 36,000 feet (11,000 meters) on a two-hour flight taking the pope from the capital Santiago to the northern city of Iquique. At the end of the ceremony, which took place out of view of journalists travelling with the pope, the two Latam employees co-signed a handwritten marriage certificate which bore the pope's simple signature "Francis." Now that's something, right?
According to the Vatican, the couple were unable to have a religious ceremony at the time of their civil marriage because the church they chose for the event was destroyed in an earthquake. Well, we bet the couple is on the moon right now and they should be! To be married by the Pope himself...just wow!
The Chilean couple married in a civil ceremony in 2010 but were never formally wed in the eyes of the Catholic Church. The couple, who have two children were married by the Pope at an altitude of 36,000 feet (11,000 meters) on a two-hour flight taking the pope from the capital Santiago to the northern city of Iquique. At the end of the ceremony, which took place out of view of journalists travelling with the pope, the two Latam employees co-signed a handwritten marriage certificate which bore the pope's simple signature "Francis." Now that's something, right?
According to the Vatican, the couple were unable to have a religious ceremony at the time of their civil marriage because the church they chose for the event was destroyed in an earthquake. Well, we bet the couple is on the moon right now and they should be! To be married by the Pope himself...just wow!