The POPE!!! Photo 6

The POPE!!!

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June 24th 2009
So today was by far the best day of my life!! Mallory and I woke up super early and went to the vatican to attend the papal audience and receive a blessing from the pope. The absolute coolest thing i have ever done in my life!!!! The best part about it was that not only did we receive blessings but so did the audiences children and loved ones who are sick. Of course the whole time i was praying fo ... 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