A Catholic's Guide to Rome: Discovering the Soul of the Eternal City

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Paulist Press, 2000 - 195 pages
Jubilee-Year guide reveals public and "private" Rome Internationally recognized expert and veteran of fifty trips to Rome, Frank Korn presents an insider's guide to the city. He describes not only the familiar churches, basilicas, and historic places, but also takes travelers on fascinating detours down back alleys to little-known, though very important sites. For both the public and the private Rome, he reveals the legends and traditions associated with each. There's no better time than now to visit Rome. With a warm and engaging style, the author explains Jubilee Year background and ceremonies and offers Jubilee travelers meaningful alternatives to the typical sites with their expected three-times-heavier crowds. He also lists which church offers Mass in which language. This guide is not only for Catholics but also helps travelers of other faiths appreciate a culture not their own. The author's storytelling style and invaluable facts, and the book's photos, maps, and index, make this a perfect choice for tourists and pilgrims, armchair travelers, priests and religious. It also offers "insider's info" that every travel agent and travel store will want to pass on to their customers. +
 

Contents

Foreword by John Cardinal OConnor
1
The New St Peters Basilica
33
Musei Vaticani
39
The Unknown Vatican
45
St John LateranCathedral of the Diocese of Rome
56
The Church of the Snows
62
The Basilica of Saint Sebastian Soldier and Martyr
82
The Churches of the Forum
89
A Profusion of Churches
119
The Marian Churches of Rome
134
The Roman Catacombs
144
The Bishop of Rome
150
Hadrians Masterpiece
157
The Madonna Shrines
163
In the Footsteps of the Saints
171
Appendix IILatin for Pilgrims
179

From Mausoleum to Church
99
San Teodoro
106
Saint John Before the Latin Gate
113
Index
185
Mass Schedule at Santa Susanna
195
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About the author (2000)

Frank J Korn is an assistant professor of classical studies at Seton Hall University. A Fulbright scholar, he is also the author of hundreds of articles and seven books, including From Peter to John Paul II and the recent Wisteria Blooms. He is recognised internationally as an expert on Rome and has lectured at such places as Yale University and the Institute for Vatican Studies. He lives in Kenilworth, New Jersey.

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