Caitlin and I cuddling to stay warm.
It was still dark when we arrived.
A few hard core couples seeking to have their marriage blessed got there almost as early as we did.
Willie leading the crowd in some good old Steubie praise songs in St. Peter's as we await the Pope. The nuns up front we immensly enjoying it and were cheering us on.
Not zoomed in. This was my view of the pope as he approached in his pope-mobile.
JP being obnoxious, as I am trying to listen to the Holy Father. Actually most of the boys were getting obnoxious, so that I was on the verge of spontaneous combustion into laughter at any time. Fr. Brad was setting the example, 'translating" his own own version of the Pope's message for us, which had more to do with sausages than anything.
This picture was not zoomed in either. This was actually how close I was to the man. A second before this, he blessed us and looked right at us but I wasn't thinking of my camera right then. I can't say that I really made direct eye contact or anything, but I did see him, the direct successor of saint Peter, up close enough to see the wrinkles in his face.
Some of the FUS grad students who live in Rome joined us 
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