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Roman Holiday

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June 3rd 2008
Spent the weekend in Rome with Father Maher, his twleve students, Shannon McCambridge, her son, sister-in-law, two nieces and nephew. We went on thursday via the Eurostar train which takes only an hour and a half. Michael met us at the train station, put us on the bus and we headed to the pensione. We got settled and met his students for a trip to the North American Pontifical College and the ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more