June 24, 2023 // Bishop

Diocesan Pilgrims Join Bishop Rhoades for Audience with Pope Francis

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Bishop Rhoades poses with priests, a seminarian, and pilgrims from our diocese in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on Friday, June 19, before going into the Vatican Library to be part of an audience with Pope Francis as he spoke to members of the committees organizing the National Eucharistic Revival and the National Eucharistic Congress in the United States. Pictured with Bishop Rhoades from the left are Mathew and Sharon Edmonds, Father Mark Hellinger, seminarian Patrick Ernst, Father Paolo Degasperi, Melissa and Jason Shanks, and Connie and Michael Joines. — Provided by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades

Bishop Rhoades, two diocesan priests, a diocesan seminarian, and a group of Fort Wayne-South Bend pilgrims individually meet Pope Francis on Friday, June 19, following an audience with him as he spoke to members of the committees organizing the National Eucharistic Revival and the National Eucharistic Congress in the United States. Members of the group included Father Paolo Degasperi, Father Mark Hellinger, and seminarian Patrick Ernst, as well as Mathew and Sharon Edmonds, Connie and Michael Joines, Melissa and Jason Shanks, and Bishop Rhoades. — Photos provided by Vatican Media