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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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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