During the meeting, I … This is an exception to the tradition of women wearing black on such occasions. M elania and Ivanka Trump wore black veils to meet Pope Francis on Wednesday, following the traditional dress code for private papal audiences … It was compulsory for women to wear black long dresses that fell below the knees. In Najaf, by contrast, the pope's meeting with Sistani will be a private audience in the reclusive cleric's modest home, which for decades he has rarely left. The speeches of both His Holiness Pope Francis and the President of FEBA will be published on the website of FEBA Annual Convention 2019, right after the Audience in several languages. Pope Francis received Cardinal Pell this morning in a private audience at the Vatican. Le privilège du blanc (Italian: Il privilegio del bianco) is a French term meaning "the privilege of white" used for a Catholic custom whereby certain designated royal women are permitted to wear a white dress and veil during audiences with the Pope. I did see someplace that the procedure starts with your Parish Priest and the submittal of a letter attesting to your faith and being a follower in good standing. American priest James Martin had a 30-minute private audience with the Pope at the Vatican Monday. The website was discussed in a … Pope Francis poses with US President Donald Trump, US First Lady Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump, at the end of a private audience at the Vatican on May 24, 2017. It was understood at the onset of the trip there was no guarantee we were going to actually have the private meeting based on the health and schedule of the Pope at that time. Anything other than the weekly audience on Wednesday would be rare....but the Pope does have masses and "private" audiences, meaning a group setting. Dress code For the Private Audience modest dress is accepted. That being said when we finally were granted the meeting it was a once in a lifetime, awe inspiring audience with Pope John Paul II. Dear Friends in Christ, The Daughters and I wanted to share with you the attached pictures from my recent meeting with the Holy Father, Pope Francis. The Private Audience will be in Italian. Private audience with Sistani. On the feast of the Queenship of our Blessed Mother, August 22nd, I was blessed to have a private audience with the Holy Father. Private audience with the pope I understand you can reserve private audiences with the pope through some on-line service. Traditionally, women granted a private audience with the Pope had a strict dress code to adhere to.