Europe is experiencing one of its strongest heat waves in recent history. <\/p>\n
But in Rome, it's snowing. <\/p>\n
White rose petals drop from the ceiling of Saint Mary Major Basilica to commemorate the legend behind this church's founding.<\/p>\n
It holds that one summer night in the fourth century, the Virgin Mary appeared to a noble Roman couple in a dream and told them to build a Church in her honor where they found snow the next morning. <\/p>\n
That same night, the pope had the same dream, and all three went to Rome's Esquiline hill, which they found covered in snow despite the August heat. <\/p>\n
It's a story that still brings pilgrims from around the world to that same spot each August 5, the feast of Our Lady of the Snows. <\/p>\n
DUCO AND PATRYCJA We also thought it would be additionally special on our honeymoon.<\/em><\/p>\n GERARDO AND MARIA BARTOSZ St. Mary Major was the first Marian church in Rome, built immediately after the council of Ephesus in 431 which proclaimed Mary as Mother of God. <\/p>\n Over 1,500 years after its construction, it continues to be a powerful statement on Mary's central role in the Church. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 05, 2022. White rose petals were dropped from the Basilica of Saint Mary Major to commemorate the legend behind the church's founding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cf_eXLU1cmE","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsantamarianeveeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsantamarianeveint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>We thought it would be a great opportunity to celebrate this feast here and to experience the place where it originates.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I think that it helps us grow a bit more in the faith, to believe more in God, in that he can do impossible things, and that's very motivating.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Being from Poland, you feel a Church in communion, a Catholic Church, that we are really here united in prayer, even if not everyone understands the language, in that way we are united in Christ.<\/em><\/p>\n