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Roman Catholic Church nearly decamped to Lisbon in the 1940′s – Eternal Rome Tours

vaticanrometours — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:11:22 +0000

Armistice between Italy and Allied Forces 1943

September 3rd. – 8th. 1943. Not a week to remember and be proud of if you are Italian. Italy signed an Armistice with Allied forces when the Vatican and Rome was still under German occupation, an occupation which would last until May 1944, six months after the Anzio landings. On September 9th. the Germans sank the battleship ‘Roma’ off Sardinia, and 1,400 lives were lost.

Pope Pius XII and Hitler

Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, known to some as ‘Hitler’s Pope’ was convinced that the Third Reich were planning to kidnap the wartime Pontiff, so a quick plan to decamp to a friendly country, most probably Portugal, was planned as contingency. The bishops would run, re-establish the new seat of the Roman Catholic Church, reorganize finances and appoint a new Pope overseas. Peter Gumpel is the man everyone is talking about, after all, the German Jesuit has full and private access to The Secret Vatican Archives. It is said that what he knows may curtail the beatification of Pope Pius XII. Secrecy over what ‘millions’ of wartime Vatican files contain may expose Pacelli as anti-Semitic, indeed, supportive of Nazism, ergo his fear of being ‘kidnapped’ may have been a most carefully spun web of grave deceit by the Vatican. Who’d have thought? A more conservative opinion, however, suggests that Pacelli simply knew of their plans via a Catholic SS Officer. He is regarded as a saviour of Italian Jews from Nazi extermination camps. The truth will out. We don’t include the more nefarious tales of Vatican history on our website, after all, we are selling Rome Tours of the Vatican, but we’ll keep reading and perhaps one day offer a Vatican Tour about Pope Pius XII and the Vatican in wartime.

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Who goes where? – Eternal Tours Rome 2010

vaticanrometours — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:29:05 +0000

The Vatican Museums. If not for everyone, then why not? When Metallica played here in Rome last summer, Kirk Hammett visited them with his wife. Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich did not. Less than half the Chelsea squad saw the Museums, about the same number as Manchester United before they defeated Roma 2-0 in the Stadio Olimpico. Eternal Tours Rome customers invariably head straight for our Sacred Vatican Tour pages and typically book one or more of our other Rome Tours thereafter.

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Have a Happy and Holy 2010

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Rome Tours of the Vatican Museums – Eternal Tours Rome 2010

vaticanrometours — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:32:01 +0000

Our Sacred Vatican Tour has now been extended for 2010 from 3 hours to our new, unofficially ok 3 hours and a half, so our guests can experience the length and breadth of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel without having to worry about time. It is somewhat surprising to learn that other Rome Tour Companies offer 2, yes TWO hour Rome Vatican Tours which equates to wishing someone Happy Christmas and a terrible New Year! :-/

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Vatican Rome Tours – Sacred Vatican Tour with Eternal Tours Rome

vaticanrometours — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:31:53 +0000

Vatican Tours / People travel to Rome from all over the World to see the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Square and the Vatican Museums. Our two most experienced guides conduct our Sacred Vatican Tour, both of whom are English and have lived in Rome for at least 15 years. They have passed the official examinations and are in possession of the necessary license to be able to legally take our guests into the Vatican City, impart what they know and share their experiences of having spent many hundreds of hours discussing the major works of art therein. As a private tour company in Rome we take great pride in our work, and we’d be delighted if you could keep us in mind for a Vatican Tour.

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