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The Beatification stuff was still everywhere; note use of the
Piazza for a tour bus parking lot
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We fell in line right behind a group of nuns and friends from
Croatia, singing and chanting all the way; I was actually moved
(slightly) by their evident emotion
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Looking across the great Piazza
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We did get to see the new JP2 Beato shrine
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Up closer
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But they were already beginning to mass for
another Mass, and it was clear that we would
not see the forecastle and bow on this trip; I
did take some consolation in passing through
the north-side west doors and their apparent
instruction manual on how to persecute
Christians
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On our way out we visited the JP2 exposition, which I found
quite informative and enjoyable
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A collection of JP2's many books; I guess he didn't have much
of a problem with agents or editors or publishers
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And so we left, but not without promenading
one more time through Bernini's four-deep
colonnade, one of the grandest of architectual
wonders
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