{"id":3973,"date":"2006-03-19T22:13:27","date_gmt":"2006-03-19T22:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/a-sense-of-proportion.html"},"modified":"2006-03-19T22:13:27","modified_gmt":"2006-03-19T22:13:27","slug":"a-sense-of-proportion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/a-sense-of-proportion.html","title":{"rendered":"A sense of proportion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/688\/39\/1600\/IMG_0230.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/688\/39\/1600\/IMG_0230.jpg\" width=\"340\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michaeldubruiel.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/from-bones-to-chains-march-4th-rome.html\">At St. Paul Outside the Walls<\/a>, from our very long Saturday&#8230;go to <a href=\"http:\/\/michaeldubruiel.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/from-bones-to-chains-march-4th-rome.html\">Michael&#8217;s entry for a very full report and some really good photos, including one of the mosaic of Pope Benedict<\/a> that&#8217;s in the Basilica &#8211; and is illuminated. I counted, and there were six empty spaces for future popes. Start your prophetic engines!<\/p>\n<p>I love this one &#8211; when you&#8217;ve memorized Rome apartment rental notices as I have, you know that one of the most frequently-used phrases is &quot;located on a typical Roman street.&quot; <em>This <\/em>is a typical Roman street. Not backstreet, which would be narrower and have no sidewalks, but one-step-lower than major thoroughfare. Note, per our previous discussion&#8230;the Smart Car parked sideways. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/688\/39\/1600\/IMG_0251.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/688\/39\/1600\/IMG_0251.jpg\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on photos for larger, properly-proportioned versions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michaeldubruiel.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/mass-with-cardinal-ruini-march-4th.html\">Also check his entry on Mass with Cardinal Ruini &#8211; and all of the other entries he&#8217;s been working on.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At St. Paul Outside the Walls, from our very long Saturday&#8230;go to Michael&#8217;s entry for a very full report and some really good photos, including one of the mosaic of Pope Benedict that&#8217;s in the Basilica &#8211; and is illuminated. I counted, and there were six empty spaces for future popes. 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