Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
Under the dome of St. Peter's the scale is almost more than the eye can hold. Pilgrims cross the square, pass the colonnade, and enter a nave that has received the prayers of a continent. Beneath the altar the memory of the fisherman remains; above it the light falls in a wide, pale circle.
A pilgrim of Palomeya attends Holy Mass or offers the intention in the basilica, standing among strangers who have come for the same reason: to leave a name before the apostle. The church remains itself. Palomeya only sends the one who walks in, remains for the rite, and steps back into the square.
Holy Mass
Candle and short petition
A votive candle and a written name left at the shrine.
$45
ContinueIntention for the living
A named prayer for health, family, work, or thanksgiving.
$68
ContinueIntention for the departed
A named remembrance offered at the shrine.
$68
ContinueThe rite of this shrine
The Mass, Divine Liturgy, or moleben named on the shrine page.
$102
ContinueA cycle of days
Forty days, or a nine-day novena — as this shrine keeps the custom.
$194
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