Pope Francis notched up another first by performing a wedding of two flight attendants from Chile's flagship airline at 36,000 feet during a flight from Santiago. Several media reports stated that Paula Podest Ruiz, 39, and Carlos Ciuffardi Elorriga, 41, who had a civil union eight years ago, told the pope a religious ceremony that was to follow was cancelled after their parish church in Santiago was heavily damaged in an earthquake in 2010.

Just Married: By #PopeFrancis on the papal flight from #Santiago to #Iquique. The happy couple works for LatAm airlines. (Photo: Paul Haring) pic.twitter.com/BNdfJNWSJs

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The magnitude 8.8 quake caused widespread damage and triggered a tsunami, resulting in the loss of more than 500 lives. "We told him that we are husband and wife, that we have two daughters and that we would have loved to receive his blessing. All of a sudden, he asked us if we were married for the Church too," said Ciuffardi. "He liked us and he asked: 'Do you want me to marry you?' "Yes of course,' we said."