Still reveling in the Supreme Court decision yesterday to overturn Roe v. Wade after 50 years. Hallelujah!

Today is our final day together with our pilgrimage group. Tomorrow morning they fly home early. But today we cover some very important ground.

We arrive at St Peter‘s Basilica at 7:30 prepared for Mass. Then Liz Lev took us on a lively tour of the largest and most beautiful church in the world. From there we go to Tre Fontone which is ignored or unknown to most Pilgrims. But this is the site where Saint Paul was taken out of the Mammertine Prison in 67 A.D. and decapitated.

Not far from there is San Clemente which is very special for me because two of the Apostolic Fathers who helped bring me into the Catholic church are interred under the high altar. St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Clement of Rome. Their writings helped convince me of the truths of the Catholic faith. But we also go down underneath into subterranean Rome and walk on the ancient streets of the first century.

After that, folks scattered throughout Rome to find nice cafés and restaurants for lunch, to do their last minute shopping and exploring, prayer and resting. We gather together at the end of the day for a nice Farewell Dinner at the Ristorante L’Archeologia on the Via Appia.

 

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