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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…
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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.
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As the procession advanced, songs were sung – some of them familiar to me from the Chartres pilgrimage.
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Pilgrims were of all ages.
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Through Bernini’s colonnade, negotiating the metal detectors and then into St. Peter’s.
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