[Sean]

Originally Posted by CC1

I have not read this thread yet but many years ago I was blessed by Pope Paul VI at his summer residence Castle Gandolfo in Italy. It was a small courtyard so I was part of a relatively small crowd of around 500 people. When he appeared at the window he was supposed to make his short greeting / statement in five or six different languages. Apparently his english was so bad I never knew when he spoke it! LOL

It was a very emotional event for the Roman Catholics in the crowd (which was most of the people) and a very interesting one for a Pentecostal like myself.

A friend of mine has been there twice over the last 3 years and stayed for weeks. He is pentecostal like us and a former Catholic. He said he attended a large mass directed by the Pope. The throngs of people(hundreds of thousands), along with the atmosphere of ancient Rome, created a strange euphoria of excitement.(kinda like being at the Super Bowl) Did you feel that?