Today was the day I had been waiting for, for a very long time. I woke up today around 6:30 am and got showered and dressed up in my black slacks, shoes, and red dress shirt. I left Diana Hotel by 7:00 am and headed to the Republicca Metro station. Once on the Metro, I headed for the Ottavian (forgive spelling) station. Once I got off the train with my bag full of rosaries, crucifixes, and medals, I headed for San Pietra Piazza, St. Peter's Square. I was surprised to find a huge line at security this morning to enter the square. I waited very patiently to get to the front where I showed the guard my green ticket and he let me enter the square. Today was Sunday after all and they were preparing for a rather large audience because the Pope was saying mass today. I was there early enough to get a seat by the railing and I sat and waited for two and a half hours before the holy father came out into the crowd. I got a great video of him passing by and he got the same of me. (i have provided links to both of the videos, I appear on the right side at 11 minutes in his video)
If you missed me in his video here is a picture of it. I can say that it was a great experience, and was definitely something that makes you realize the universality of the church. The rest of my day was spent investigating the burial place of St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis Xavier. I would not have picked any other way to end the wonderful trip.
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