Relevant in Rome for July 18, 2018

  • The Pope surprises a Swiss guard and his bride to be by showing up and officiating their marriage
  • Unexpected discovery while laying power lines near the Milvian Bridge may have unearthed one of Rome’s oldest churches
  • The famous Noantri Festival in Rome is going on now until the 30th in Trastevere; was started in the 16th c and celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel