After months of praying and anxious waiting, my cousin BanANA was fortunate enough to get this ticket to hear the Holy Mass celebrated by the Pope at the St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York this past 19th of April...
...exactly three days later, on April 22, after years of praying and anxious waiting,
she finally got her approval for Permanent Resident Status from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service.
'Viva il Papa!!!'
Enjoy the pictures my cousin took below; no captions needed, just looking at them brought me back to those inexplicably blissed-out goosebump moments when I waved at Pope JP2 on Roxas Boulevard.
And according to BanANA, Pope Benedict XVI has exactly the same kind of blessed aura that Pope John Paul II had.
I pray that he visits the Philippines soon, GOD knows we need him now!!!
The popemobile's license plate number is:
SCV 1
SCV in Italian stands for: Stato della Citta del Vaticano (Vatican City State)