Bernini's Magnificent Colonnade of St. Peter's Square

Best Beer on the Planet Earth

Baltika 9, from Russia.

Since I first moved to Russia this has been number one.

My years living in Rome it was a treat to enjoy a cold one in St. Peter's Square, while people watching.  

Greatest Source for Old Vatican Photos: L'ILLUSTRAZIONE VATICANA

Some have asked where to find the mother load of old Vatican pics.

The easiest answer is to see old versions of the 1930s L'Illustrazione Vaticana.

Fascinating pics and stories.  All the personalities and building projects of the time. 

You will find countless old spectacular photos of that storied era in Rome and Vatican City, just after the Lateran Concordat.  Someone ought to publish these into one big photo book.   

Holy See

Bike in Rome

Vespa in Rome

Religious Teachers Filippini in Rome

Euntes Docete!

Their motto from Matthew 28:19.

"Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel!"

Pope Pius XI: Glorious, Holy and Happy Memory

Carmelites in Rome

Gorgeous words.  Remember them and make them your life motto.

ZELO ZELATUS SUM PRO DOMINO DEO EXERCITUUM

Nuns in the London Airport

Like a flash.  Seen by many. 

A light to the nations. 

There is hope for the world.