by Fr. Jim Chern
So this morning, Pope Francis made his first visit outside of the Vatican to the Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray to the Mother of God, the protector of the Roman people. It's an…
Now that I've caught my breath a bit - it's still somewhat unreal that 16 hours ago we met the new Pope - or rather, our new Holy Father Francis.It's amazing to me how "right"…
Simply overwhelmed. I have never experienced something like this and Right now it's just streams of consciousness- the square of St.Peters Basilica, filled 3 times for 3 hours each time with tens of thousands (and…
HABEMUS PAPUMPope Francis: his first words Brothers and sisters good evening. You all know that the duty of the Conclave was to give a bishop to Rome. It seems that my brother Cardinals have gone…
Well that was disappointing... We had front row spots, perfect location for the new Pope to come out of the balcony and ... BLACK SMOKE The bizarre thing was the number of media outlets that…
So by now you've probably heard there was not an election of a new Pope today. Not that any of us really expected it that first (although standing in the cold and rain for four…
We were up nice and early today... Left the hotel at 7:15 for a ten o'clock Mass (remember that next time your running late to Mass). By the time we got there , about 10…
What a whirlwind of a day. We started the day with another amazing Mass location at St. John Lateran, followed by climbing the Scala Sacra (the steps Jesus was condemned to death on by Pontius…
So how do you "top" celebrating Mass in a place where our ancient brothers and sisters celebrated the Eucharist, were martyred and buried (yesterday's post on Mass in the Catacombs). How about Mass in the…
Here are some spectacular sights from the top of the dome of St Peters Basilica