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7 Nov

2022

Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage III: Procession to St. Peter’s

Posted by Stuart Chessman 

From Sts. Celso e Guiliano the procession of pilgrims set off for St Peter’s basilica. The flags represent the nations in which the Traditional Mass is celebrated. I have no statistics on the ethnicity of the pilgrims but I got the impression that Central Europe was well represented: Germany, Austria. Poland, etc. Despite their reputed prominence in the Traditionalist movement the number of Americans was limited – but among them were such stalwarts as John Rao and Peter Kwasniewski. Some have been talking about organizing an American chapter next year…

Across the Tiber towards the Castel St. Angelo – and from there to St. Peter’s. As you can see the weather this day was marvelous.

As the procession advanced, songs were sung – some of them familiar to me from the Chartres pilgrimage.

Pilgrims were of all ages.

Through Bernini’s colonnade, negotiating the metal detectors and then into St. Peter’s.

Continue to Part IV

Published in Pilgrimage Summorum Pontificum 2022

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