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The massive doors of Saint John Lateran are over 2,000 years old. They are so perfectly balanced, it takes only one guy to open and close them. But they are a bit squeaky.

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Good morning from the Sea of Galilee

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This morning’s rosary.

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The Star of Bethlehem over the Vatican. Even with those two artificial spot lights, it’s still the brightest thing in the sky.

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Holy Mass this morning inside the Tomb of the Resurrection.

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Holy Mass at the Pantheon last night. Incensing skills 💯

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This is an unedited photo I took in the Garden of Gethsemane a few weeks ago and posted this morning. People keep telling me they see the face of Christ.

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Here’s a relic you probably don’t know about… Mary’s Veil. ⁣ ⁣ Twice a year, once on the Feast of the Assumption (August 15th) and once on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8th), the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi displays Mary’s veil.⁣ ⁣ A gift to Mary

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Took my group to open the Vatican Museums. Surprised them with my friend Melissa praying the Ave Maria for us in the Sistine Chapel. For any grumps, I had permission, my group was alone, and, like the key holder said, it is a chapel after all. Apologies for the shaky video.

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A little escape on the Sea of Galilee

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A reminder that today is the one day of the year you can see Veronica’s Veil. Displayed for only 60 seconds following today’s Station Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica. Arrive by 4 PM if you want a seat.

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Maybe my best picture from today’s trek across a Rome. Santa Maria in Aquiro.

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Packed Traditional Latin Mass in Rome today with Cardinal Burke.

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Welcome to all the new Catholics!!! This was me the night I became Catholic, 30 years ago. I wore really baggy clothes, Docs, and a leather tie. I woke up on Easter Sunday with mono. Now I live right next to the Vatican and help people explore Catholic Rome.

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Today is the Feast of Saint Agnes. This is inside her church, looking up.

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Happy Saint Valentine’s Day! Here’s his skull.

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Nearly 300 candles lit up the church for midnight Mass.

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My fifth time visiting Pope Benedict in the last 24 hours. Such a blessing and an honor. 🙏🏻🧡

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Last week it was 108° F in Rome and tonight there is a 100% chance of snow at Saint Mary Major lasting until midnight. Crazy.

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Beautiful. Powerful. Full of hope.

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Today is the feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, martyred at Auschwitz when he offered his life for another. This is his chapel at the monastery he founded just outside Warsaw, Poland. I was surprisingly very taken by this chapel. It’s dark, the ceiling is low, the floor is creaky,

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Tears in my eyes seeing an Italian procession after all these months. The Carmelite church is in the neighborhood, so they come down our street once a year. Then, usually, there’s a big watermelon party after Mass. Why watermelon? It’s in season and cheap, I guess.

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Wow! Traditional Requiem Mass for Pope Benedict in Switzerland attended by Swiss Guard. Beautiful.

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This guy waits outside the Holy Sepulcher everyday for the church to open at 5 AM.

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3 years

Deep below the Garden of Gethsemane is the empty tomb of the Blessed Mother, assumed body and soul into Heaven.⁣ Happy Feast of the Assumption!

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Why does Rome have so many churches? Well this one was built because a pope forgot his umbrella.

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5 years

Need prayers from Lourdes? I have the entire day free tomorrow and would like to pray for you.

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Back at the office.

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The Dormition, Burial, and Assumption of the Blessed Mother Tradition says that after Jesus ascended into Heaven, John the Evangelist and the Blessed Mother lived in Ephesus, Turkey. You can visit the house today. There’s no question that Mary and John lived here, but there

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Happy Feast of the Epiphany from Rome!

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I went to all four Taylor Swift shows in Paris. Night one I bought the day of the show and sat in the 8th row in the lower level, right on the diamond. Under €200 Night two I bought 90 minutes before she went on and had VIP floor. €98 Night three was bought a day early and

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Christmas Eve bells from the Vatican

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The Nativity in Saint Peter’s Basilica.

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Krakow is a beautiful city with some amazing churches.

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Pope John Paul II visited the guy who shot him. Pope Benedict had a private audience with the woman who tackled him (twice). Pope Francis greets the woman who nearly pulled him over. Every day people ask me how they can meet the Holy Father...

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Morning Rosary in Saint Peter’s Square.

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A first for me. Going into the tiny chapel built over where Saint John the Evangelist was boiled in oil (he wasn’t harmed and so exiled to Greece). I think it’s only open for about 4 minutes a year.

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🙏🏻

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It snows in Rome every year on August 5th around midnight.

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Veronica’s Veil on display. Just 60 seconds a year on the fifth Sunday of Lent.

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Transfiguration Polish style.

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While pagan idol worship is being promoted/tolerated/defended at the Papal Mass going on right now in Saint Peter’s Basilica, this is the scene at Rome’s Traditional Latin Mass. Standing room only, overflowing outside.

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When you go to Mass today, remember… no gelato, no drinks, no food, and no bare belly.

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Our first pilgrimage Mass in the Cathedral of Vilnius, Lithuania. What a beautiful city.

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Sleeping with the windows open in case the death bells ring overnight for Pope Benedict. 😔

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Had a lovely chat with Cardinal Burke this morning.

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Mass today in the room where Saint Ignatius had his conversion.

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Peter was imprisoned in Jerusalem and later in Rome. The chains that bound him in Jerusalem were saved and venerated early on.

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5 years

What has happened to our Church?

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2 years

Does your neighborhood do Stations of the Cross on Fridays of Lent?

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The Word was made flesh here.

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Rome is full. Stay home. This is the line for Saint Peter’s Basilica at 7 AM today. The last few months have been getting more and more crowded. Each day busier than I’ve experienced in twenty years. I imagine it will somehow continue to get worse until the end of 2025.

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When Christ died, the earth shook and the rocks were split. You can see the crack in the earth directly below the site of the Crucifixion. ⁣

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THE CHURCHES OF ROME HAVE REOPENED Prayers work. Thank you to everyone who stormed heaven these last 17 hours. Wonder if this is what the Holy Father was referencing in his homily this morning.

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My favorite altar in Saint Peter’s Basilica on this Feast of the Archangels.

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Today is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Here is the largest relic of the True Cross. It’s located in Rome at the basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. Most pilgrimage groups skip this church, you should not.

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It may come as a shock to some US bishops, but this is from today’s Latin Mass at my TLM parish here in Rome, where Mass in the Extraordinary Form is still very much allowed under the Bishop of Rome.

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Divine Mercy Sunday at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Rome — Santa Spirito in Sassia

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Happy Saint Valentine’s Day. Here’s his skull.

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I spent the better part of the afternoon at the monastery where Pope Benedict lived for nearly a decade. I got to pray at the foot of his body several times today, at one point for half an hour. Incredible. #PopeBenedictXVI

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The crucifix that “exploded” and was “destroyed” and “ruined” only nine days ago. 🙄

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Holy Thursday at the Vatican

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In case you were wondering how to distribute Holy Communion to 100,000+ Catholics.

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For those in Rome… Pontifical High Mass with Cardinal Burke at Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini Tomorrow, 27 Feb, at 11 AM

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I love it so much!

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Tonight’s neighborhood Way of the Cross.

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Pretty cool that Biden is being sworn in with a Douay-Rheims Bible.

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For some relics, one needs to ring a bell, knock on a door, or use a secret password/handshake. To venerate the tomb of Saint Catherine, one must walk up to the main altar, go behind it, and then crawl below it. Formerly open only on her feast, it’s been open daily for months.

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I’ve attended occasional daily Mass for years. This Christmas I decided to do all I could to make it every single day — there’s really no excuse living in Rome. Today makes 51 in a row. So I thought I’d make it official and share the journey with you. The Tomb of St. Francis.

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This morning’s bells for the Feast of the Assumption.

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Assumption in Rome

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Confession, Communion, and Cappuccino. A pretty awesome morning.

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For those asking, no public Masses means no Mass open to the public. So priests can celebrate, of course. But we will not be able to walk into a church and go to Mass. No Mass. Until April 3rd. In Rome. Palm Sunday is April 5th. UNDERGROUND ROME, let’s do this.

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The world’s first carved Nativity Scene. Carved by Arnolfo di Cambio in the late 13th century, shortly after Saint Francis came up with the concept of the nativity in 1223. This nativity is on display in Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

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When in Rome on the Feast of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, you visit his tomb in Saint Peter’s Basilica.

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It’s the feast of St. Monica. Her tomb is in the church of Sant’Agostino above Piazza Navona in Rome. It’s one of the most requested stops on my pilgrimages. The church is built with travertine from the colosseum, has a Caravaggio, a Raphael, a Bernini, and the Madonna del Parto.

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Ever wonder how they change a lightbulb in the world’s biggest church?

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The devil is afraid of Holy Water. Unfortunately, most Holy Water fonts in Rome, like this one in Saint Paul Outside the Walls, have been dry for over two years.

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Sacrament of Penance in Saint Peter’s Square

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A year ago today I posted this video of the 2,000 year old doors of Saint John Lateran closing. It’s currently at 86 million views on Facebook, “only” one million views on Instagram. As always, the comments were super fun 🙄 but the best part was, for some reason, it made

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Cows flying at the Vatican

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Always great to see Cardinal Burke.

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Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. This is the spot where the Blessed Mother fell into eternal sleep.

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Mass this morning in the Grotto of Lourdes.

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Some more pics of that DJ priest at his day job. Lovely vestments, solid procession, properly using a thurible, sharing ad orientem clips of young vocations.

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Evening prayers from the Vatican. 💀

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Happy Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas! Here’s his arm bone. Located in Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.

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Mass today at the tomb of Saint Francis.

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Pope gets a phone call during the Audience. Haven’t seen this before. Then he quickly leaves and says he will be back.

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A moment of heavenly bliss from this morning’s Solemn TLM in Rome — where we are already wearing purple, by the way. Enjoy and let me know if you’d like more content like this.

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A full church today as students from the University of Dallas joined us for Mass. Rome is still closed to most visitors and tourists, but it is possible for approved reasons, including study abroad programs. This is the Divine Mercy Shrine, Santo Spirito in Sassia.

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It’s difficult to believe the rest of the article when the opening sentence is a lie. This is how I see Cardinal Burke most days strolling down my street in Rome. @washingtonpost @jackiepeiser

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Why is this hanging in a church?

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Such an interesting perspective from last night. If you know the basilica, look at how close the baldacchino and the back wall looks. That’s over two football fields away from the pope!

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A woman in my group said to Pope Francis this morning, “We are from America!” And the pope responded in English, “I know.” 🤣🤣🤣

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All sorts of rumors swirling around. Keep Pope Francis in your prayers and wait for an official report. 🤍🙏🏻

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Today is the Feast of the Chair and Saint Peter gets dressed up for the occasion. If you are in Rome, be sure to visit St. Peter’s Basilica today. If you are not in Rome today, be sure to retweet this picture so that Saint Peter didn’t get all dressed up for nothing.