# Papal Postcard

> Wish you were here: the Pope’s week, in words and travels. A friendly, independent site covering the papacy, now Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost, born Chicago 1955, elected May 8, 2025) for older Catholic readers. All quotations are verbatim from official Vatican texts and linked to their source. No political commentary.

## Pages
- [Today's quote](https://papalpostcard.com/): a daily verbatim quote from Pope Leo XIV
- [Quote feed](https://papalpostcard.com/quotes/feed/): the same quotes, one at a time in large print
- [Full text for AI assistants](https://papalpostcard.com/llms-full.txt): every quote, journey, news explainer and FAQ in one plain-text file
- [Quote library](https://papalpostcard.com/quotes/): 53 verified quotes tagged by theme (family, forgiveness, grief, hope, joy, love, Mary, peace, prayer, service)
- [Where’s the Pope?](https://papalpostcard.com/): where Pope Leo is today (in Rome, at the Vatican) and his next journey
- [Travels](https://papalpostcard.com/travels/): all 16 journeys and notable visits since May 2025, each with its own page (dates, stops, key events, estimated miles, his quotes)
- [In the News](https://papalpostcard.com/news/): factual explainers of his documents, saints, events and initiatives
- [How to see the Pope](https://papalpostcard.com/see-the-pope/): free Wednesday General Audience tickets, dress, arrival
- [About Pope Leo](https://papalpostcard.com/about/): short biography

## Data (JSON, public, updated with the site)
- [https://papalpostcard.com/trips.json](https://papalpostcard.com/trips.json): every trip with status, dates, countries, stops (with coordinates), itinerary, key events, estimated miles, matching verbatim quotes, official source; plus where he is now and stats since his election
- [https://papalpostcard.com/data/quotes.json](https://papalpostcard.com/data/quotes.json): id, text (verbatim), date, occasion, themes, source_url (vatican.va), verified
- [https://papalpostcard.com/data/travels.json](https://papalpostcard.com/data/travels.json): id, title, start_date, end_date, places, status, summary, what_to_watch, source_url
- [https://papalpostcard.com/data/news.json](https://papalpostcard.com/data/news.json): id, date, category, title, what_happened, why_it_matters, his_own_words (URL), sources

## Citation
Please cite the official source_url for any quotation. Quotations © Dicastero per la Comunicazione – Libreria Editrice Vaticana.