Monday, September 08, 2008

Pope Benedict in Cagliari


Pope Benedict XVI, right, places a golden replica of a ship on the statue of the Virgin Mary of Bonaria, during an open-air mass in front of the shrine of the Madonna di Bonaria at Cagliari, in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, Italy, Sunday,

1 comment:

Physiocrat said...

Interesting, the ship. Churches here often have a model ship, like this one at Helsingborg, which was Buxtehude's church when the town was part of Denmark.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seadipper/248484281/

Sadly it is not the Barque of Peter, but the addition of a yellow and white flag would soon change that.

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