… live vicariously through the Vatican’s online “tour” of the necropolis. Read more
… Kat’s going to see The Pope. “Dear Katrina, We will be happy to request 2 biglietti ticket invitations for the Papal Audience on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 10:30 AM. Please come for your tickets here at Via dell’UmiltB, 30 on the Tuesday afternoon before the Audience between 3-7 pm. We are conveniently located in the heart of historic Rome, near the Trevi fountain.” Read more
… has been stopping by blog with regular consistency according to site meter. It sure would be nice if my Vatican City reader would identify themselves; maybe leave a comment or something. It could be beneficial to have an inside contact. Hint hint. Read more
… a Trinity Pieta. Annibale Carraccia Read more
… he’s not Italian and I don’t think he’s Catholic. But seriously, who cares! Clive Owen. Read more
… every person has that story; how we met. I love those stories. My grandfather met my grandmother at a U.S.O dance in NYC. My parents met in a greenhouse at a botanical garden while on a college botany field trip. My best friends met each other while engaged to other people. My hospice clients love to reminisce and tell me about their spouses, now long deceased. All these stories have a common thread; at the moment they met they... Read more
…With a canvas tarpaulin for a church and packing cases for an altar, a Navy chaplain holds mass for Marines at Saipan. The service was held in memory of the brave men who lost their lives in the initial landings. Photo by Sgt. Steele, June 1944. Source: US Marines. Read more