Tag: St. Peter’s Basilica

• The Vatican’s Papal Conclave: Hey, I Was There!

  Reading the news reports about the recent conclave in the Vatican to elect the new pope, it was amazing to see the cardinals gathered in St. Peter’s for the pre-conclave mass before they entered the Sistine Chapel to begin their secret deliberations, and recall that we had stood in that sacred space the summer before last.  St. […]

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  03/18/2013

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  agony and the ecstasy, Bernini, cathedral, Italy, Michelangelo, Rome, St. Peter’s, St. Peter’s Basilica, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond

  Hey, come closer!  No, closer!  That’s it, right up to the door.  No, even closer.  Yes, bend down and put your eye right up to the keyhole, as if you were looking through a telescope.  Can you see what is beyond these imposing doors now? Amazing, isn’t it?!  This is the view one sees when looking beyond […]

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  01/19/2013

  Travel

  Aventine Hill, beyond, dome, Italy, keyhole, Knights of Malta, postaday, Rome, St. Peter’s Basilica, weekly photo challenge