Papal Selfie with JP2

Tu Vuo' Fa L'Italiano

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April 26th 2014
Remember on this trip that you are a pilgrim not a tourist. It was on this day I would soon test the meaning of this statement. So in the morning we had a quick mass then bought some meat and cheese for the staff and the pilgrims. It is kind of a pilgrim tradition to share food with other pilgrims on the trip. It is our way of “breaking bread” in both a literal and metaphorical sense. I e ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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