'something rich and strange'

  Ciao Roma!  Ti voglio bene l'Italia!

 After mass, the long walk to San Giovani in Laterano.  This enormous basilica makes me quite emotional.  In fact, I'm pretty sure I had...

 It's part of my routine.  I go to morning mass at Santa Maria Maggiore the day before I leave.  It's my way of soaking up as much S...

 Rome is full of miracles and wonders.  And churches.  900+ of them.  And sometimes the churches themselves are full of splendor and beauty ...

 I discovered what is up with all the city projects of cleaning and restoration. Pope Francis has declared 2025 a Jubilee year and I guess t...

 Rome continues to deliver the goods.  Honestly, I always discover something new.  Today I was wandering around Piazza Navona, which by the ...

 That is how the priest at mass this morning described our journey in life.  "So tiring, but beautiful. We climb up and down... We suff...