Rino Pensa has been making personalised papal blessings on parchments for 65 years, a mainstay of his small business creating intricately lettered scrolls marking milestones like baptisms and ...

The Vatican's Apostolic Almonry, or distributor of papal charities, sells authentic parchments bearing words of blessing from the pope. The proceeds go to fund various projects to help the poor ...

Papal blessings on parchment are pictured in this photo illustration at a shop in Rome. Photo: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters Rino Pensa has been making personalised papal blessings on parchments for ...

The Pontiff, concerned that unwitting tourists are being conned into buying forged papal parchments ... forged documents offering inappropriate blessings that have embarrassed the papacy.

Rino Pensa and son have been making papal parchments for decades, crafting hand-painted blessing scrolls in Italy which are purchased by the faithful around the world to celebrate marriages, baptisms ...

The Vatican's Apostolic Almonry, or distributor of papal charities, sells authentic parchments bearing words of blessing from the pope. The proceeds go to fund various projects to help the poor and ...

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