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Thursday, March 12, 2009
So yeah, I saw the Pope yesterday. It was unbelievable. As we walked into Vatican city, I expected to be seated in the Protestant section, then we got closer, and closer, and then even closer, until we were literally perhaps 40 yards from the Pope. He blessed our group as we were acknowledged in front of a crowd of perhaps 20,000 people which is a completely manageable crowd in Rome. The service was conducted in English, Spanish, German, French, and of course Italian. It was an amazing spectacle, situated directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica. Breathtaking.I was speaking with a few of my friends about the fact that, in a way, we felt guilty for being there considering the fact that there are literally millions of Catholics around the world that would kill for the opportunity to look upon the leader of their faith, and here we are, semi-spoiled Protestant kids who barely recognize, try as they might, the gravity and enormity of what it is to see the Pope in Italy in front of the Pope's personal church. I think the most difficult part is most of us as students raised in a Protestant background appreciate the Pope on a historical level, acknowledge the fact that he holds one of the world's longest standing positions of power, and is the spiritual leader of nearly 1 billion people around the world, yet we don't know where to place him in our hierarchy of personal beliefs. I mean, I think we've advanced past the "Whore of Babylon" days, but it is still a quandary. More on this later, we have been intensely studying the the ecumenical drive the the Catholic chruch is spearheading, a revolutionary movement in its self, but dinner nears, and I don't have the proper time for it. If you want to see where exactly we were sitting, check out my facebook. Actually it might be a few days for facebook, apparently Italian's don't believe in bandwidth. Thats all for now. Yossarian [
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