We went to Sunday Mass this morning at St. Peter's Basilica and it was in Latin. The celebration was absolutely beautiful! Immediately after that we went outside into the square with thousands of our closest friends to hear the Holy Father's Angelus. We got some great photos and videotape of the Pope as he appeared and addressed the crowd.
"Habemus Papem!" "We have a Pope!" Once a new Pope is elected, he first appears to the crowd from this portico.
After grabbing some lunch we caught a taxi to the Quo Vadis? Chapel, located on the Via Appia, outside of Rome. The tradition is that this is the location where Jesus appeared to Peter as he was heading out of Rome. Peter asked our Lord, "Quo vadis?" ("Where are you going?"), and Jesus responded by indicating that He was heading back into Rome to be crucified again. It was then that Peter realized that he was wrong in leaving his people and thus he returned to Rome and was himself crucified, albeit upside down as he did not consider himself worthy of being treated like Christ.
From the Chapel we took a short walk to one of the catacombs.
This picture gives a good idea of how far out of the city we were.
Check out what we saw along the way!
No pictures were allowed in the catacombs, but we had an awesome guide who didn't hesitate to add in what almost amounted to a brief homily! We then headed over to our fourth and final Basilica, St. Paul Outside the Walls. St. Paul's tomb is visible through the grate embedded in the main altar.
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