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18/08/2026

Love the sound of these 2000 year old doors closing at San Giovanni in Laterano.

How are they 2000 years old if the original church was built in the 4th century? Because they came from the Curia in the Roman Forum.

06/08/2026

To celebrate the Transfiguration, here’s a shot of the Basilica of Transfiguration on a rare foggy day.

05/08/2026

It might be 96° F / 36° C in Rome today, but it’s still going to snow tonight at Santa Maria Maggiore.

It’s the annual celebration of the miraculous snow that fell here in the sixth century.

03/08/2026

I get lots of repeat travelers on my pilgrimages, but my recent Ireland pilgrimage was the first time that every single person was a repeat.

The people in this group have traveled with me on a combined total of 94 trips through 22 countries.

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31/07/2026

So many people have messaged me about This is Patti Smith meeting the pope today. For those who don’t know, she is one of my earliest musical memories, thanks to parents with great taste. Her album Horses came out shortly after I was born and was played nonstop in my home. Seeing her live with my mom is one of my favorite concert memories, it was extra cool because beside me for part of the show was Michael Stipe . She is one of the artists I’ve seen the most and in the most countries. So imagine my shock when eight years ago she started following me on Instagram and often would comment on my posts. She mailed a book to my parents’ house several years ago, which made my mother’s day. She popped up on an early episode of Tipsy Tuesday and I looked as giddy as she did meeting Pope Leo. She even had me as a guest to her show in Dublin a few years ago. Though she met Pope Francis a while back, I’ve been looking forward to seeing her with Pope Leo for a long time and I’m thrilled to see how it all played out. Antonio Spadaro got her a one on one meeting in the Apostolic Palace and they spent 40 minutes together. That’s amazing and completely unheard of. This is where the Holy Father typically meets Heads of State and diplomats, and now the people’s poet and the Godmother of Punk. What a special day and I’m so happy for her.

04/07/2026

Lots of people sharing this Vatican clip of Pope Leo’s zucchetto flying off his head. Cute! But I can’t get over how fit he is! It’s been a loooong time since JPII was mountain climbing. Pope Benedict and Pope Francis (love them both) but they were quite a bit older and definitely not as active when they were elected. It’s kind of nice having a pope who can effortlessly climb rocks - not that that’s what we look for in a pope. 😂

04/07/2026

A lovely welcome to Riga, Latvia! News articles started to come out while we were departing Vilnius, Lithuania that Putin is considering retaliating against NATO by attacking the Baltic States, and specifically Latvia. During a nice dinner, fighter jets started flying low and loudly over town. Everyone froze. This went on for about 20 minutes. Eventually things calmed down, so we went for a stroll, only to see planes shooting (what I later realized were) flares and people with parachutes releasing smoke. Anyway, it was just the Baltic Airshow. Fun to watch once we knew what was going on. 😂

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