Sunday, October 15

We got a taxi to St. Peter’s and arrived at the square about 8:30 AM. The crowds were already starting to build, but we were able to find two seats near the center in the front half of the seating area. People everywhere were wearing scarves and hats in the colors of “their” saints. Two of the saints were Italian, one was Mexican, and the other was a French nun who went to Indiana in 1840. Mass started at 10, and ran about two hours. I couldn’t see a whole lot, being vertically challenged, but the sound system was good, and they repeated a lot in English.