Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Update on Catholic Answers Rome Trip

by Steve Ray on May 8, 2007

There are about 90 people on the initial few days in Rome. We will have 150+ on the cruise which starts Thursday. Yesterday we visited St. Mary Major, St. Peter in Chains, St. Pressede. People were on their own for lunch and dinner but we had dinner with the Catholic Answers staff. Today we started [...]

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Tomb of King Herod Just Discovered

by Steve Ray on May 8, 2007

We have visited the Fortress of Herod near Bethlehem many times. Our DVD Jesus, the Word Became Flesh actually opens on the top of the Herodium Fortress overlooking Bethlehem. It is called the Herodium because the megalomaniac King Herod named hit after himself. The Jewish historian Josephus wrote that Herod was buried there but no one could [...]

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