St. Peter's calling // Basilica inspires heaven-sent insights

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: March 30, 1997| Author: PATRICK SORAN | Copyright information

Please don't think me flippant but I recently sent up a prayer from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Actually, I went to the Eternal City to chase la dolce vita - the sweet life epitomized by Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in Federico Fellini's early-1960s movie. I even took a room at the Excelsior Hotel, the elegant jet-set headquarters for the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and the Aga Khan. I window-shopped the Via Condotti and sipped espresso at open-air cafes along the Via Veneto. One ev...

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