Saturday, November 08, 2008

St John Lateran - Mother of All Churches








A tour with Father Victor Hoagland, CP.

The Cathedra of the Bishop of Rome



The ciborium over the altar contains the heads the Apostles Peter and Paul in the upper level, and the wooden altar used by St Peter in the lower level

1 comment:

Tom in Vegas said...

How beautiful is this. I could spend the rest of my days inside that Basilica.

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