Information about Applying for Papal Blessings Parchments
To obtain a Papal Blessing please follow the procedure from Elemosineria Apostolica, Citta del Vaticano for the request of parchments and for the payment. They no longer accept any bank checks and you must use the website https://www.elemosineria.va/papal-blessing-parchments/
Online Payment of Parchment in Available
Cost is listed in Euros stating the amount is 13-25 Euros, use this website to convert Euros to Dollars.
The Apostolic Blessing is granted for the following occasions:
1. Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation
2. Marriage
3. Priestly Ordination
4. Religious Profession
5. Secular Consecration
6. Ordinations of Permanent Deacons
7. Marriage Anniversaries (10, 25, 40, 50 , 60 years)*, Priestly Ordination, Religious Profession
8. Birthdays (18, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100)*
9. Catholic individuals* or families* (with name and surname of the spouses
united in a religious marriage).
The asterisk (*) indicates the need for the nihil obstat or approval of ecclesiastical authority.
Requests for papal blessings for other occasions will not be accepted.