Take a virtual tour to Saint Peter's Basilica by clicking here.
(Use your mouse to navigate a 360 degree turn, and the wheel of the mouse for forward & backward.)
A secular view of the Vatican.
Inside the Vatican ~
A secular view of the Vatican.
Traditional Latin Mass: Feast of the Sacred Heart
Catholic Tridentine Latin Mass Explained by (Archbishop) Fulton Sheen
Traditional Latin Mass filmed on Easter Sunday in 1940 at Our Lady of Sorrows church in Chicago. The film presents the ceremonies of the Missa Solemnis or Solemn High Mass in full detail with narration by then Mgr. Fulton J. Sheen. Celebrated by Rev. J. R. Keane of the Order of Servites (hence the white habits and cowls), the ceremonies are accompanied by a full polyphonic choir, orchestra, and fifty Gregorian Chanters.
While this is an older video of the Traditional Latin Mass, it is a very good educational video that is still relevant even today. The attention to detail in the ceremonies is impressive. Notice, for example, how the priests and servers always take great care to move in unison. Notice, too, that the priests are all almost identical in height. The Ordinary of the Mass, composed by Rev. Edwin V. Hoover, while pleasant in places, is very much a reflection of its time. The Proper on the other hand is timeless and sung admirably by a healthy throng of Seminarians from Mundelein, Illinois.