In this second of our two Carolina Catholic July shows, we continue reporting from Rome. Actually from being on a tour with Christopher Wells whom we reported on in the first show of July.
Here is the list of the Ten Places Every Catholic Should See in Rome:
The Four Major Basilicas:
1. St. Peter's (San Pietro) (Tickets for Papal Audience are available from Santa Susanna AND ticket information for the Scavi tour are available from the USCCB website)
2. St. Paul Outside the Wall (San Paolo Fuori le Mura)
3. St. John Lateran (San Giovanni Laterano)
4. St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore)
The Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome
The Four Major Basilicas
5. Holy Cross of Jerusalem (Santa Croce di Gerusalemme)
6. St. Sebastian (San Sebastiano)
7. St. Lawrence (San Lorenzo)
Other churches/catacombs to see in Rome:
8. St. Clement (San Clemente)
9. Holy Stairs (Scala Santa)
10. St. Callixtus (San Callisto)
AND
Three Fountains (Tre Fontane)
Santa Prassede and St. Pudentiana
Major things to see in Rome:
The Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
The Roman Forum
The Colosseum
The Spanish Steps
The Trevi Fountain
Via Condoti and Via Veneto (shops)
The Pantheon
Piazza Navona, Piazza della Republica, Piazza del Popolo
Circus Maximus and the Bocca della Verità (close to each other)
Vittorio Emmanuel monument (wedding cake or Vittoriano)
Castel S. Angelo
Piazza Campidoglio/Capitoline Hill
Villa Borghese (the pleasure gardens of Rome)
San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) to see Michelangelo's statue of Moses
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