John L. Allen Jr.
Pope Benedict XVI visits a statue of Pope Pius XII during a pastoral visit to Rome’s Basilica of St Lawrence Outside the Walls for the 1,750th anniversary of the martyrdom of St Lawrence. Photo: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters Rome is a city that prides itself on having seen it all over the course of its millennia-long history, so much so that “Been there, done that” might well be the unofficial civic motto. Here’s how journalist Fabrizio Roncone summed up Roman reaction to the record heat this week, which reached an official peak of…
