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I get messages everyday from people headed to Rome. The most popular question is no longer “is it safe,” but rather, “is it still empty?” Rome is crazy crowded now and has been for about six weeks. I think it’s more crowded now than in 2019. Hotels are full. Tour guides are…
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A once a year chance to visit the tomb of Saint Catherine, travel restrictions dropped, and nonstop visitors.
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Happy Feast of Our Lady of Fatima! I love sharing travel trivia with you. On this day back in 1981 Pope John Paul II was shot during a Papal Audience. He survived of course. Today in Saint Peter’s Square, you can find two things that relate to this day…
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The Oberammergau Passion Play begins next month and lasts through the beginning of October. The play dates back to the 17th Century, when the people of Oberammergau vowed to celebrate the suffering, death, and resurrection of our Lord every ten years if their village would be…
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Today is Rome’s 2,775th birthday! The girls and I made this video years ago. It’s silly, we are all a bit older now, technology has improved, and I play…
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Today begins the Holy Triduum. Here is a photo essay with relics and places you can visit. From the Upper Room and relics of the table from the Last…
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Music for Holy Week My dad’s album, The Holy Land Project, has lots of great music for Holy Week. Available as a download on iTunes or a CD. Images for…
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Join me in the Holy Land Because of so much interest during and after my March Holy Land Pilgrimage, I’ve organized another for May. If the dates do not…
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As I write this I am traveling from the Sea of Galilee up to Jerusalem. Follow this trip on Instagram and Facebook for lots of video of the Holy Land as…
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It’s my birthday! As I try to do every year, I plan to visit one church for each of my years. For some reason this gets more and more difficult with…
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I am so excited about this… Israel has announced that beginning March 1st, anyone (vaccinated or unvaccinated) can enter the country with just a…
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We Catholics know how to do death and the afterlife, right? Keep reading for some of Rome's creepiest relics, crypts, incorruptible bodies, messages…
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