by Fr. Jim Chern
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
Well that was a whirlwind and a half. We started at the Coliseum and the Roman Forum... Took a 30 minute ride to catch a glimpse of Cardinal Dolan at his last public Mass before…
How to even describe celebrating the same Eucharist that our ancient brothers and sisters did thousands of years ago...in the place where they were martyred, buried, and despite that persecution, still gathered to share the…
So we learned that all the Cardinals were celebrating Sunday Mass in their titular Roman Church (each Cardinal from around the world has their own Parish in the City of Rome). So we raced through…