I guess the fireworks Zadok mentioned were the only pyrotechnic observance of the Lateran Pacts… other than the very fine lunch we had today (being a house run by the Holy See).
In the meantime, here is a nice photo of the mosaics in S. Maria in Domnica which I visited tonight with a very good friend.
And then a detail from the mosaic.
Fireworks in the vault of a Roman church if not in the Roman heavens.
However, here is one from last year:
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: ““Sure but …. The Faith is growing in Africa ! “ And thank God for their priests who are sent…”
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “I think that the loss of Mass attendance is partially related to the post-Vatican II era of “feelings”. I remember…”
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Besides the obvious hemorrhaging of attendance and religious, the other thing that comes to mind is what figures are they…”
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “I have heard for years that the Province of Quebec in Canada has many beautiful churches and was once a…”
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Yes, following the Attorney General of Maryland’s detailed report on the extensive sexual predation and cover-up by the Archdiocese, Bill…”
on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “@ Anita Moore, O.P.(lay): The Tour Montparnasse’s only redeeming quality is the view from its top, but wishing to trade…”
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “If the FSSP owns some of the churches that they staff, it may be wise to figure out a different…”
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “What I find most irksome is Catholics who see all this happening and then say, “it’s time of renewal”. No,…”
on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Is it simply a coincidence that church attendance began to decline just after the introduction of the Novus Ordo? It…”
on Card. Sarah: “Many Western prelates are tetanized… the dream of being loved by the world”: “Oh, yes. My hearty AMEN! We are very privileged to still have brave, vocal, devoted, and blessed shepherds such as…”
on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 2nd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 3rd of Easter) 2024: “I’ll note (in case people question) I had the Eucharist in one of the masses (not both as they were…” on Card. Sarah: “Many Western prelates are tetanized… the dream of being loved by the world”: “Spot on I’d say.”
on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “@Charles E Flynn If it was possible to die from sheer boredom, those pictures would need a warning label. I…” on Card. Sarah: “Many Western prelates are tetanized… the dream of being loved by the world”: “I was once told at a retreat that, if you are getting along well with the world, you need to…”
on Card. Sarah: “Many Western prelates are tetanized… the dream of being loved by the world”: “My Nephew by marriage is the son of a former Priest and Nun. They served together at the same location…”
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Very beautiful. The churches I like best are the really old ones wiht the mosaics like this one. The more modern ones, built around the Council of Trent, were often built as reactions to the Reformation and they strike me as more than a little “over the top.”
I especially like the churches with some marvelous history–ie. built over the site of a martyr’s house, home to a saint and so on. Wonderful places.
Have you ever had the opportunity to see St. Dominic’s room at Santa Sabina’s? I don’t know how authentic it is, but there’s also a room that’s supposed to have been slept in by St. Francis when he was in Rome……
I saw the caves where St Francis slept up the mountain from Assisi and in Alverna–not exactly Trump-style sleeping accomodations.