great two-minute clip from Pope Francis of two years ago on the subject of ‘Forgiveness’. Two years later, am I mistaken is thinking that the man who simply ‘bounded out of the church’ to greet well-wishers in this video is somewhat slower? Speaking with elderly and sick members of a seaside parish of Rome recently, …
Christmas Greetings – And my best wishes for a happy and healthy 2015 ow fortunate I was to celebrate Christmas in Rome last year. And blessed to be inside St Peter’s Basilica for the Vigil Mass celebrated by Pope Francis. I invite you to view the short video that I made at the time. …
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uck and honour in equal measure! On Christmas Eve, we are so lucky to have received tickets at the eleventh hour to be seated in St Peter’s Basilica for the Midnight Christmas Mass, presided over by Pope Francis. Arriving at St Peter’s at 6.30 pm, we join a queue that stretches right around St Peter’s …
n the car driving from Fiumicino to the hotel in Rome late in the afternoon on the day before Christmas . . . (after two long overnight flights from Cape Town via Dubai) . . . I turn on my iPhone. Hearing the familiar ding, and expecting only the usual telephone welcome from a local …