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  • Beautiful Church Architecture

    “Tuesday, October 11th- Went to the Vatican and saw Mr. Bisleti, Master of the Chambers, who gave us a ticket for the papal audience, and then inspected the Sistine Chapel decorated with grand frescoes by Michelangelo, which were so old and defaced that they were very disappointing to us (the frescoes have been refreshed since this writing, between 1980-1999, added…

  • Her House

    “O Mary Immaculate, Be thou Our Mother.” –prayer-inscription on the facade of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. Today is a simple picture post: it is the grand facade of the glorious shrine to Our Lady in Washington, D.C., the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The picture was snapped by one Anne Therese on…