Pope Benedict Slideshow

Former Ambassador to the Holy See and College Governor William A. Wilson presents President and Mrs. Dillon to then-Cardinal Ratzinger in 1997.

Pope Benedict blesses the plans for Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel in 2006.

The Holy Father with the Very Rev. John M. Berg, F.S.S.P. (’93), Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

Anne Marie (Ferri ’00) Grumbine with three of her children at a papal audience in December, 2006.

Newlyweds Andrea and James Campbell (’01) meet the Holy Father in 2007.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the Chapel cornerstone on September 3, 2008.

As an expression of gratitude, the College inlaid the Holy Father’s coat of arms in the marble floor of the Chapel’s central aisle, just outside the sanctuary.

Dr. John R. Mortensen (’97) receives the Prize of the Pontifical Academies from His Holiness in 2010.

Matthew Valliere (’05) and his wife, Teresa, meet Pope Benedict during their honeymoon in 2010.