re: #449 Decatur Deb

Yes— The Vatican is important as an administrative HQ, but the only religiously-important event there is the martyrdom and burial of the first pope. The most important event theologically was the death and resurrection, both located on the Holy Sepulchre site. (When we visited St. Peter’s in the Vatican I told the kids: “This is the building that destroyed Christendom.” It’s construction costs were a symbol of everything going wrong in Renaissance Christianity.)

Seeing the many gold objects on display there did not improve my attitude towards the Church…