Scenes from Rome #2 While in Rome for a meeting about working with Catholic deaf people in Southeast Asia, I had a chance to visit some of the major tourist sits connected with Christianity.  Also visited were some of the ancient Roman sites we studied diligently in our classical history classes! Most of these pictures were taken at the Wednesday audience of Pope Benedict attended by 50,000 of his friends! Out of the 50,000 numbered tickets, I had #106 which put us up in front on his left side. Photo Page 1   |   Photo Page 2 Photo Page 3   |   Photo Page 4

Cardinal Bernard Law, now the rector of St. Mary Major Basilica, welcomed us there.  He was a strong supporter of the Catholic deaf group in Boston. A figure of Christ set directly above the main entrance of St. Peter's Basilica. I don't know the other two figures. The pope arrives for the audience in his "local" popemobile. He has another used for foreign trips. St. Peter's Square was jammed with 50,000 pilgrims, friends, and tourists who came for the 10:30 AM audience. The papal apartments where he gives his Sunday blessings. I met Pope John Paul II in his apartments in 1996. After the audience, the pope greets the VIPs on the right side, then comes here to the left side, and then greets people with disabilities.

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