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Kirkus [A] comprehensive, visually appealing work. Weigel's Lenten tour of Rome acts as part travelogue and part theological primer, and he introduces readers to some of Rome's most splendid and historically significant places of worship.... Weigel does an admirable job of weaving story and history into each chapter, introducing readers to characters long since forgotten to most. All the while, the author clearly describes the architectural importance of each site.... Engrossing, expansive pictorial study on a renewed Lenten discipline at the heart of Roman Catholicism. Library Journal While no replacement for an actual pilgrimage, Weigel's reflections allow one to enter into the spirit of the Lenten experience of conversion.... Although heavily Catholic in tone, the book will appeal to any Christian seeking to experience somewhat the pilgrimage that many have followed to prepare themselves to celebrate Easter. Fr. Robert Barron, Rector-President, Mundelein Seminary An astonishingly good book. George Weigel's meditations on the liturgical texts of Lent and Easter are intellectually rich, spiritually alert, and rendered in beautifully crafted prose; Elizabeth Lev's examinations of the station churches themselves are always informative, insightful, and witty. Equally impressive are Stephen Weigel's artfully composed photographs. Roman Pilgrimage will delight your eye and feed your soul. Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York On cold, damp, late-winter early mornings, hundreds of priests, seminarians, sisters, and devoted lay people walk the Roman cobblestones to one of the Eternal City's forty most venerable sites, the station church of that Lenten day. It's a microcosm of the pilgrim Church and of life's journey, and Easter is never brighter than after faithfully completing this sixteen-century-old pilgrimage tradition. Roger Kimball, Editor, The New Criterion Roman Pilgrimage is as beautiful as i

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York<br> On cold, dreary, damp late winter early mornings in Rome, check it out: hundreds of priests, seminarians, sisters, and devoted faithful walking the cobblestones to one of the Eternal City's forty most venerable sites, the station church of that Lenten day. It's a microcosm of the pilgrim Church and of life's journey, and Easter is never brighter than after faithfully completing this sixteen-century-old tradition. <br><br>

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George Weigel is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy centre, where he holds the William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies. The author of numerous books on Catholicism and faith, Weigel lives with his wife in North Bethesda, Maryland.Elizabeth Lev is an American-born art historian living in Rome. She teaches art history at Duquesne University's Italian campus and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. She is the author of The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici.Stephen Weigel is a professional photographer and the principal of Stephen Weigel Photography.

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