by sjchurchadmin | Sep 14, 2019 | Vatican Corner
Pope Francis had said that when he became Pope he didn’t want to travel very much because it was not in his nature. But a’er his first trip, a refugee camp, he realized the importance of his fatherly encounters where he can meet the people, hear their...
by sjchurchadmin | Aug 24, 2019 | Vatican Corner
In 2013 when Pope Francis was in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day, he visited a hospital run by the Fraternity of Saint Francis of Assisi in the Providence of God. He asked the Fraternity if they had members in the Amazon. The reply was “no” and Francis simply...
by sjchurchadmin | Jul 26, 2019 | Vatican Corner
On July 20, 2019 America and the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. It was the NASA space mission which for the first time attempted, and was successful in landing two men on the surface of the moon and returned them safely to Earth. Like millions of...
by sjchurchadmin | Jul 20, 2019 | Vatican Corner
After returning from his discovery of the New World, Christopher Columbus in February 1493 wrote a letter to Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the patrons of his exploration, telling them what he saw during his travels. The letter was written in Spanish and...
by sjchurchadmin | Jul 13, 2019 | Vatican Corner
… continued One of the strangest spectacles that was ever seen at the Vatican took place in 1890 when William Cody – (Buffalo Bill) was invited there. Two years earlier, he and his Wild West Show had traveled for the first time to Europe, having great success,...
by sjchurchadmin | Jun 30, 2019 | Vatican Corner
One of the strangest spectacles that was ever seen at the Vatican took place on March 3, 1890. It was the 12th annual thanksgiving of the coronation of Pope Leo XIII and it was also when Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show came to the Vatican. American William Frederick...
