A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This morning we joined a bountiful medley of marching bands in Piazza San Pietro for the Jubilee of Bands and...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The other day I found myself stalking a seagull family on the Palatine hill while the conclave was taking place at...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: I borrowed this Carpe Diem moment from the McConnell Center students who are staying with us now as it exemplifies...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Whose portrait will we see in the next medallion to the left of Pope Francis in the coming days?? That's what...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Cardinal-spotting season gave way to smoke-watching season in Rome today. Yesterday I spotted this pair of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Live tonight on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: the McConnell Center Scholars and yours truly! This piazza is...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Welcome, McConnell Center Scholars! Today we traipsed around the Janiculum hill for hours, exploring the plethora...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Once again today, I am so thankful that all roads lead to Rome. Recently, it has been one reunion after another...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : May is the most lovely of months, the month of flowers and Mary. Each month has its own flavor that is worth...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This morning Marie-Therese and I managed to persuade the girls to take a morning walk with us around the...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Tanti Auguri to our first born and only Roman born child, Maya Karolina Rosa Assaf! Liturgical : Friday of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This chubby, whimsical elephant ("Minerva's Piglet") is my favorite palimpsest in Rome, in one of my favorite...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This is the most popular place to be today in Rome- inside the glass case containing the body (not the head; that...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : Another providential meeting occurred at the Villa Magnolia today when our friend Gabriel brought the author of...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Liturgical: Divine Mercy Sunday ! Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: The morning of the funeral began with the cupola shrouded in mist but the sun quickly burned it off, and burnt a...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : "Children, you have no fish, have you?" Liturgical : Friday of Easter Octave Just after daybreak, Jesus stood...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: Tanti Auguri, Pietro! Today, the Peter pictured in this palatial place turned five. At one end of St. Peter's...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot: This may seem like a very modest Carpe Diem moment following on recent dramatic days in Rome, but it was a more...

A Carpe Diem Snapshot : This evening at the Domus Australia an Easter party and end-of-semester celebration was organized by the...