In this hope, the pope concludes with his Apostolic Blessings.

The letter closes with the Apostolic blessings to all especially those who suffer persecution for justice.

The conservative movement, coming to power with President Reagan, gave an apostolic blessing to greed.

The apostolic blessing can be given at the end of Mass instead of the usual benediction.

He also exhorts the bishops to spread piety, and gives them the apostolic blessing.

He also granted an apostolic blessing for just reading the book True Devotion to Mary.

On 23 Dec. the pope sent an Apostolic blessing in a letter to the managing committee of the union.

It was like an apostolic blessing.

The Pope concludes with warm greetings and the Apostolic Blessing.

As an expression of joy and gratitude, the Holy Father gives you his apostolic blessing."

He concludes with his Apostolic Blessing "to this great nation, which We love so dearly".

Traditionally, the service concludes with an Apostolic Blessing.

He gave all casualties of the incident his "apostolic blessing" and said that he was praying for the victims and their families.

Health and the Apostolic Blessing!

And to the Church, to the most beloved Catholic Church, and to the whole of humanity, my apostolic blessing.

The school received the Apostolic Blessing from Pope John Paul II.

He also did not emerge wearing the stole, vesting in it only to impart the Apostolic Blessing and removing it shortly after.

Pius XII extended an apostolic blessing to President Tiso.

The Pope concludes by requesting world-wide public prayers for the persecuted and, embracing all, offers his Apostolic Blessing.

It is not to be confused with the special Urbi et Orbi blessing which is also referred to as an apostolic blessing.

Der apostolische Segen (The apostolic blessing)

Pope Pius XII concludes his letter with his Apostolic Blessing.

In 1947, the school received the apostolic blessing of the Venerable Pope Pius XII.

The Pope concludes his letter with the most cordial Apostolic Blessings to his brother bishops and their faithful, especially all those who are persecuted.

Pope Benedict XVI bestowed an Apostolic Blessing on the work in February 2010.

This was the closest thing to a papal blessing an American writer could dream of.

It came in the form of a papal blessing for his plans to restructure Soviet political and economic life.

The ceremony included a papal blessing for the school.

With this papal blessing, Portugal was at last secured as a kingdom.

Paul's successors were more ambivalent on the issue, for any number of reasons, but the process had got under way with papal blessing.

Before dying he received a papal blessing.

On March 9, he was given the papal blessing and he said the Confiteor.

Wasn't it to defend the true Church that the English came to Ireland with a papal blessing in the first place?

Father Hodik returned home with a papal blessing for Gosz and the band.

At the mention of them, Dr. Sweitzer throws his hands up, as if in a papal blessing.

To Mephistophilis' glee, he and Faustus receive the papal blessing.

In Rome, everything from Vatican ashtrays to parchment papal blessings are already for sale.

In 1450, masses of pilgrims leaving a papal blessing mobbed the only bridge over the Tiber and 200 people drowned.

When William of Normandy began his conquest, he had easily obtained a papal blessing by promising to clean it up.

Take this special excursion to receive a Papal Blessing at Castelgandolfo in the summer months only.

The three swarmed over Uncle Henry; receiving chaste touches of his hands, now raised in papal blessing.

The report did not identify who at the college had arranged for the papal blessing for Mr. Banker.

The couple received a papal blessing from Pope John Paul II.

The façade (completed 1612) is constructed to allow for Papal blessings from the emphatically enriched balcony above the central door.

For some people, the authenticity of the Chalice of Valencia failed to receive papal blessing.

President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Vatican officials say, would like some form of papal blessing for the changes he is pressing.

Following his coronation, the pope imparted the solemn papal blessing Urbi et Orbi.

(As a gesture of thanks, they received a papal blessing at a special ceremony in Saint Peter's Square.)

Roman Catholics may apply for a Papal blessing through their local diocese for wedding anniversaries of a special nature (25th, 50th, 60th, etc.).

The diamond was brought to Pope John Paul II in the Vatican to receive the papal blessing.