Santo Spirito

Pope leading the Angelus Prayer

Crowd Praying the Angelus

(Sunday 2/10) Sunday morning we all walked to a church called "Santo Spirito" over by the Vatican.  We were all anxious to finally be attending an English Mass where we could fully participate!  In fact, a few of us served in mass and we plan on being very involved in the coming months.  The priest there is very joyful and enthusiastic and all about the New Evangelization!  The sisters there were from St. Faustina's order and welcomed us graciously.  Afterwards, we walked to Vatican Square to pray the Angelus with Papa Bene.  As everyone gathered in the square, we met a nice guy who was studying in Barcelona.  Regardless of his different faith background, he was thrilled once the Pope appeared in his window and anxiously yelled, "I love you Papa!"  It was so uplifting to see people from everywhere shouting for joy and a man who fills us with hope for the Church.  Little did we know that this was the last time we'd see the Pope before the big news hit us the next day...