Category Archives: My View

I attended tonight the world premiere of the new film “The Nativity Story”. It was shown to a full house in the Paul VI audience hall in the Vatican. Having the premiere of a film like this was a first … Read More →

From the Basilica of St. Cecilia in Trastevere:

This is how my day started. How about yours? We had thunderstorms during the night. This morning, as another wave of the system went through, I caught this.

Some of you were asking about the photos of the Tridentine Mass I posted on Sunday. I also got e-mail about them. Many were curious about the light source. Here is a shot of the church, and you can see … Read More →

Near the Mausoleum of Augustus Caesar is long wall forming part of the building that houses the Ara Pacis. The entire Res Gestae Divi Augusti is on that wall in bronze letters. Here is the first panel, followed by an … Read More →

  In Rome on Sundays Holy Mass is celebrated with the 1962 Missale Romanum at the Church of Gesù e Maria on the Via del Corso.  Here are a few images. Dominus vobiscum…    And now for the shot of … Read More →

You will now find your recently posted comments on the left side bar of this blog.  Also, though it does directly pertain to the fabric of the blog ("flobric"?) I moved my blurb about the Z-Cam around.  I still can’t … Read More →

Yes, the saturno is available in Rome.  So much have the times changed that you even see it in clerical shop window… along with other hats more than a few clerics of my acquaintance would like to have, alas.

Do you remember Fr. Foster?  His new Latin Academy is located in Rome on the Via della Gatta… "Kitty Avenue".  "But Father! But Father!", you ask, scratching your heads, "Why is it called "Cat Street?  Are there cats there?!?" In … Read More →

I have been having a hard time getting my webcam to stream through the firewall of my residence in Rome, and so the Z-Cam has been offline. I discovered, however, that Yahoo Messenger (wdtprs) could allow people to view my … Read More →