Our last full day in Rome we spent with Pope Francis, attending the general audience held in St. Peter’s Square. A crowd of 75,000 joined us, but we were blessed to be near the area where Pope Francis passed in his Pope-mobile. The crowd was excited and Pope Francis had a big smile on his [...]

Today we visited the Basilica of St. Peter in Chains, named for the relics it contains: the chains with which Peter was held bound while in prison in Rome before he was martyred. These relics remind us of the constant persecution the early Church faced, making the Church a church of martyrs. This reality would [...]

Today our pilgrimage took us on a walking tour into the heart of the ancient city of Rome, led by Caravaggio, whose masterpieces are found in a number of churches. We visited the French church dedicated to St. Louis, king of France, where three beautiful Caravaggio’s can be found, each telling the story of St. [...]