Tuesday, April 05, 2005

pilgrims



Originally uploaded by gwbrark.
This is incredible. Let me underscore that the authorities are expecting as many as four million pilgrims in Rome to see the Pope. Look at this picture. Ecce populus. This fills one with hope that perhaps the hordes are not quite as godless as one had thought. Its all wonderfully medieval. I do wish I could pick up and go to Rome just now.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I heard that they didn't embalm the Pope. See what you can find? On that note, I also heard that the smell was so bad they had to close the doors and every three hours glade the place. It could be false information, but I do remember reading something that said saintly people didn't need an embalming, b/c they didn't rot. There is no doubt in my mind JP II is a saint. However, the idea of a body being laid out that long has me wondering. It will be almost a week to the day before he is laid to rest. Deacon Will...enlighten me!

Love,

Vickie

9:25 PM
Anonymous said...

http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm3603_20050405.htm

Love,

V

9:32 PM
Anonymous said...

Will,

Why not head to Marquand? Rennier and Ratican call it, "The St. Peter's of the West."

PJA

7:39 AM

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