Sunday November 29, 2009

Vatican Museum

Every last Sunday of the month is free entry into Vatican Museum. The Church is serious about making her treasures of beauty accessible to all.

Of course, it would take several days to really explore the museum. We mostly concentrated on the Raphaels and the Sistine Chapel.





Angelus

At noon on every Sunday the Pope comes to his apartment window to pray the Angelus. We were there is hundreds of other Pilgrims and Romans.

Holy Stairs

It is a custom to ascend the Holy Stairs on one's knees and say a pray on every step recalling the Passion of Christ. It is always a moving experience and never fails to bring pilgrims closer to the Via Crucis.




Santa Maria del Vittorio

This work of Bernini is perhaps the most striking sculpture in the world and it's tucked away in a small church in Rome. That's the splendor of Rome!













Capuchin Crypt











Trevi Fountain