Mom and Dad celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in Rome with the entire family. While we planned to attend Pope John Paul II's General Audience as ordinary pilgrims, we were surprised and very honored to be given the VIP treatment, to be escorted up through the crowds by the Swiss Guards. This visit to Rome was something we will never ever forget! The first four photos were taken by the Vatican photographers. The rest are my photographs.
Mom and Dad in the front row with the cardinals. (Dad is in the white hat)
Pilgrims wondering who we were!
