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…

Hopefully I figure out how to take a panoramic pic of the coliseum

Palatine hill. Foundation of Rome 6-7 century BCToday started with Ancient Rome. Walking the palatine hill where the city of Rome was founded