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Rome Diaries - Week 100
March 27th, 2010 Enjoying the terrace on this early spring day, I read about one of my favorite buildings in R. A. Scotti’s “Basilica.”...
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St. Paul the Apostle
- Sep 5
Rome Diaries - Week 99
March 20th, 2010 After years of Saturday trips into the country, our parish is running out of destinations. Today we set off early to...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Aug 29
Rome Diaries - Week 98
March 11th, 2010 Tasso Torquato (1544 - 1595), author of the epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), was a sort of talented...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Aug 22
Rome Diaries - Week 97
February 4th, 2010 I make my way quickly past the elegant Palazzo della Cancelleria, the first building in Rome constructed in the...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Aug 15
Rome Diaries - Week 96
January 6th, 2010 Today, in his traditional message after the Angelus, the pope reminded the crowd assembled in St. Peter’s Square that...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Aug 8
Rome Diaries - Week 95
December 8th, 2009 At 4 PM the pope makes his way down Rome’s most exclusive shopping street, Via dei Condotti. His popemobile takes a...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Aug 1
Rome Diaries - Week 94
November 21st, 2009 At a small wedding dinner at a family restaurant near Piazza Barberini I ask the middle-aged couple why was it they...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Jul 25
Rome Diaries - Week 93
November 6th, 2009 It’s harvest time and that means demonstrations. As I pass St John Lateran, in search of approvals for an upcoming...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Jul 18
Rome Diaries - Week 92
November 5th, 2009 Ardea did not make the cut for the Michelin Guide, but it holds special treasures. I take a morning bus south and west...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Jul 11
Rome Diaries - Week 91
October 23rd, 2009 A transportation strike forces me to walk Via Flaminia all the way to the Metro near Piazza del Populo. Ever since it...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Jul 4
Rome Diaries - Week 90
October 20th, 2009 Marcos, a young pianist from Cuba who plays the church organ for us on the weekends, is featured in a recital at...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Jun 27
Rome Diaries - Week 89
October 6th, 2009 No matter why people come to Rome, the subject of faith inevitably rises to the surface. Today I speak with two nuns in...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Jun 13
Rome Diaries - Week 88
September 26th, 2009 It is a full day of museum hopping to celebrate European World Heritage Day. I join the relatively short line on...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Jun 6
Rome Diaries - Week 87
September 2nd, 2009 Ponte Nomentano, the picturesque bridge over the Aniene river that is just three miles from the walls of Rome, was...
St. Paul the Apostle
- May 30
Rome Diaries - Week 86
June 19th, 2009 Don Bosco was a dynamic priest from Turin who gained the support of politicians and popes for his work with the poor...
St. Paul the Apostle
- May 23
Rome Diaries - Week 85
June 14th, 2009 Making pictures with flower petals is thought to have begun in Rome during Bernini’s time whe he was the maestro of...
St. Paul the Apostle
- May 2
Rome Diaries - Week 84
May 31, 2009 As the Western Empire faded, becoming more and more the domain of the Lombards, Emperor Phocas asserted his influence over...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Apr 25
Rome Diaries - Week 83
May 19, 2009 It’s definitely a day for miracle stories. During my morning visit to the embassy post office, I hear about a man who...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Apr 18
Rome Diaries - Week 82
May 14, 2009 I wanted Frascati to live up to its mystique. How could a town in the Alban Hills known for its refreshing white wine and...
St. Paul the Apostle
- Apr 11
Rome Diaries - Week 81
May 11, 2009 About 20 miles southwest of Parma, on July 6th, 1495, the Battle of Fornova was fought. As battles go, it was not momentous:...