ROME day 2

so after waking up early to see the sunrise over the colosseum we made our way over to st. pete's for a little mass with some guy named fr. ben or something..no wait, that was pope benedict...thats right, we went to the immaculate conception mass at st. peters and even though i dont speak a word of italian, it was one of the best experiences of my life......this was the only picture that i took for fear that i might be smote down if i took anymore during mass....that fear however did not stop everyone else, and at some points it felt a little more like i was boxing out bill mertz rather then enjoying mass with the pope, but i digress