Palazzo Borromeo hosts conference on Pope Ratzinger, April 16th, 2026

Palazzo Borromeo, the Italian Embassy to the Holy See, hosted the conference,  “Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)’s faith of the future.  The future of the Church”.

Opening remarks were by Italian Ambassador Francesco Di Nitto followed by comments by Senator Riccardo Pedrizzi, Monsignor Salvatore Fischella, Senator Maurizio Gasparri and Professor Pierluca Azzaro, the secretary of the Vatican’s “Joseph Ratzinger Foundation”.

 

 

 

“Cirque du Soleil”, Rome April 5th, 2026

So how were my fellow Canadian compatriots, the “Cirque du Soleil” folks, in Rome on Easter Day?  Simply magnifique (all pics taken with the Panasonic-Lumix DC-TZ200 camera)!