Pope Francis blessed a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary of the Miraculous Medal after the Wednesday general audience on Nov. 11, 2020.

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Pope Francis blessed a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary of the Miraculous Medal after the Wednesday general audience on Nov. 11, 2020.

In the midday Marian prayer broadcast live from the library of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis invoked the intercession of the Immaculate Conception, who was proclaimed patroness of the United States in 1846.