Pilgrimage
Touring the Vatican from Home
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Thanks to Villanova University of Pennsylvania faculty and students, Rome can now be brought to your home. At the Vatican website you can experience 360-degree images of the Sistine Chapel, and the Basilicas of St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. John Lateran, St. Peter, and St. Mary Major. The “virtual tour” uses high-resolution images to [...]
Are We There Yet?
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008I doubt that there are any of us with children old enough to speak who haven’t heard (I daresay more than once) from the deep recesses of the car, “Are we there yet?” Rather than get annoyed by this persistent question, I usually seize the opportunity to tease them a little bit. I explain to [...]