Prayer Service and Mass on the Evening Before the Beatification

A large image of the Emperor is bedecked with flowers.

Over 3,000 pilgrims attended the Prayer Service and Vigil Mass at Saint Paul's Outside-the-Walls.

The procession for the Mass begins.

Part of the procession for Mass.

Some of the abbots and bishops who took part in the Mass.

Bishop D. Teodoro de Faria of Funchal, Madeira was the Main Celebrant of the Mass.

Archbishop Peter Cardinal Erdo of Esztergom-Budepest presided at the Prayer Service.

Archbishop Peter Cardinal Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest.