Vatican Television Center - Your Live Papist Feed

A rundown on the services provided by the Vatican Television Center (this is important information for any Papist, in my opinion):

• Live video feeds of Papal events and appearances. Looking at the program, there will be a funeral Mass held for the priest recently murdered in Turkey on Friday, Pope Benedict will be blessing the sick on Saturday, and saying the Angelus with the faithful on Sunday. One drawback - due to the timechange events in Rome appear in the U.S. six hours earlier than Eastern Standard Time - so, seven hours earlier than central, eight for mountain, nine for pacific. (But hey - the next time you are awake at 4:30 in the morning on a Wednesday with nothing to do you should checkout one of the Pope's Wednesday audiences! - especially if you haven't seen one.)
• Whenever there isn't a Papal event going on, they have a live feed of St. Peter's Square (in windows media player & real player format, 56k through broadband). It's nice to stop by there once in awhile and spiritually unite yourself with the work of the Pope in bringing the Good News to the world (or instead just pine away realizing that you're not in Rome right now like the Pope gets to be, like, all the time).
• Archives of Taped Papal Events. (My personal favorite:) Highlights include coverage of Pope John Paul the Great's funeral, the events surrounding the conclave, coverage of Papa Razi's activities during World Youth Day (if you watch his visit to seminarians during WYD - at the 10:25 mark he walks up to my friend and current associate pastor of my parish! - but it can be hard to see if you don't know what you are looking for... *ahem*, anyway:), Papa Razi's first Christas Eve Mass, his first Baptisims, on and on... you get the idea. It is an excellent page visit and waste some time watching our dear Papa in action.

If you watch their live feed right now, dawn is breaking over the Eternal City.

Go bookmark it!

[NB: thanks to St. Peter's Helpers for reminding me about this service. SPH is one of those destinguished blogs that not only has good Papist content, but also has its own Apostolic Blessing!

Also, my sidebar referer (link-back) list is down right now - should be back up shortly. Thanks!]