Part 10: VATICAN CITY
Vanzilla 2.0 was in Vatican City.
Nicole: We're here guys. Vatican City.
Linka: This is amazing!
Lola: The buildings here are amazing.
Lincoln: They sure are.
Jessie K: This place is loaded with history. It has history that dates back to the times of the New Testament in the Bible. Over 2,000 years worth of history.
Nicole: That's right.
Lori: This is literally amazing.
Leni: Totes.
Nicole: You guys will love my favorite building here.
We go into the Sistine Chapel.
Nicole: This is my favorite building in all of the Vatican City: The Sistine Chapel.
Jessie K: It's one of my favorites too. These paintings on the ceiling were made by the famous Renaissance Era artist Michelangelo. He built this whole ceiling here in the Sistine Chapel back in 1508 to 1512 and it's considered his most famous and most well known work throughout the history of the world. The paintings on the ceiling are all the events in the Bible. From the Creation of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis of the Old Testament to The Last Judgment in the Book of Revelations.
Naruto: Wow! That is amazing.
Hinata: It sure is.
Lynn Sr.: Wow! I didn't know that these were even here.
Rita: Me neither honey and this is all an amazing experience for us.
Luna: This is sure something dudes.
Luan: This is a Painting of Wonder. (Laughs to Rimshot) Get it?
Most of us laugh while everyone else groans.
Me: (Laughs) That's a good one Luan.
Varie: (Laughs) Good one.
Eddy: (Laughs) That was a good one Luan.
We were in the Roman Catholic Church.
Nicole: This is the Roman Catholic Church. The capital building of the Vatican City in a way. This where the Pope lives.
Jessie K: This building is well known throughout the course of 2,000 years.
Laney: This is amazing. I've done alot of reading on the Pope's of all of history and it's all amazing.
Jessie K: It sure is.
We stop in front of the picture of St. Peter.
Naruto: Who is this?
Jessie K: This is Saint Peter. He was the first Pope and he was the founder of the Popehood over 2,000 years ago. After the Death of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ, Peter founded this very church. He then became the first ever Pope. In 64 A.D. he was crucified upside-down. A cross of Jesus is the symbol of our lord and savior. When it is held upside-down it's usually a symbol of the Devil. They crucified him upside-down because he didn't want to be treated like a holy man.
Vince: That's interesting.
Naruto: Yeah.
Cody: That is amazing.
Lana: How do they choose a new Pope?
Me: That's an interesting process. When the Pope dies the Cardinals have to elect a new Pope. The Cardinals are the senior officials of the Pope. They are summoned here from 63 countries. There are 203 members of the Cardinals and the voting is held in the Sistine Chapel.
Lynn: Where we were before?
Me: Exactly. When they failed to elect a new Pope they use a smoke signal. Black Smoke means they failed to get a new Pope. White Smoke means they have one.
Jessie K: Yes. Also over the course of the Popehoods history only 2 known Popes have resigned over the course of 2,000 years.
We were at the picture of Pope Gregory XII.
Me: This is Pope Gregory XII. He was Pope back in the Late 14th to Early 15th Centuries.
Jessie K: Yes dad. He was the first ever Pope to resign from his Popehood over the course of 2,000 years. He resigned on July 4th, 1415. 602 years ago.
Lincoln: That's a long time ago.
Linka: It sure is.
Penny: Why would he resign?
Me: The stress of ending the Schism in 1408. He was the first Pope over the course of 2,000 years to resign.
Jessie K: That's right. But we recently had another Pope that resigned.
We then saw a picture of Pope Benedict XVI.
Me: Pope Benedict XVI. He resigned from the Popehood on February 28th, 2013.
Jessie K: That's right dad. He is the 2nd in history to resign from the Popehood since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.
Jessie B: That's right.
Lori: That's 598 years apart from eachother.
Lisa: Correct elder sister.
Jeri: That's amazing.
Kion: It sure is.
Lily: This is all very interesting.
Naruto: Who is the current Pope now?
Me: That would be Pope Francis I. He is very special.
Lola: How is he so special?
Me: Pope Francis I is the first ever South American Pope in history. Never before in the 2,000 year history of the Popehood has a man from South or Central America became the Pope.
Aylene: That's very interesting.
Vince: It sure is.
Carol: That is an amazing feat for South America.
Lana: How come there are no Pope's from North America?
Me: Well compared to the rest of the world the United States, Canada or Mexico doesn't have that many Catholic People. There has never been a Pope from those countries over the course of it's 2,000 year history or in the history of mankind.
Nicole: That is crazy huh?
Me: It sure is.
Natilee: But it is interesting.
Varie: Yeah.
Later we set out for our next destination.
Continues in part 11.