Piero Marini

Admin,
Maybe Mons. Marini was sent to away to continue his studies but in my opinion without a vocation he would have left sooner or later.
Yes, you should ask him !
The foto sounds familiar, thank you . He doesn´t look like himself in that photo, also in MHO.

Thank you Vanadija for your great info and your pic , he looks more in this one, like the Piero I am used to.

I hope soon I will be able post more often , right now is not easy to come to the net as much as I would like.

Cheers!

Sure, Letizia. It had to be like that OK, I'll ask him, that we know for sure.


Great picture, Vanadija!!! Can you write name of that book about Vatican? I'd like to borrow it from library if possible

And thanks for those links too. How is it that you can find all those things???

Admin, you have given me quite a homework, but ok, I`ll do my best.
I found that book in our local library a few years back. If I remember correctly the title was simply Vatikan (which is Slovene for The Vatican) and it was a relatively big book in diameter. It had a Swiss guard on its cover and tons of pictures inside. Best two (besides Piero`s) were the flipper machine in the sacristy of St. Peters and the swimming pool for children on the terrace (or maybe it was balcony) of one of the Pope`s bodyguards. I think to remember the editors note that this was a reprint of an older - already sold out - edition, now published simultaneously in various countries, but each edition with a slightly different content.

Checking our library data base, I think it can be no other than this one: Vatikan, by Bart MacDowell (author) and James L. Stanfield (photographer), 232 pages, release year 1991.

Two more pictures from the same book. Yes, it is worth looking it up at the library.

"....this way, man....."
I'm very impressed!!

hello everyone!

I just bumped on this site and noticed your appreciation for Piero Marini! I'm the greatest fan of him but thought that you might like this video which shows the Pope, Marini and Card. Schönborn struggling with a microphone crash! its quite funny! its a bit long, the actual crash happens a good 5 minutes in the video enjoy
http://www.benedictxvi.tv/video/2007/058-07-09-2007-austria-1-vienna-benedictxvi.wmv

xxx

oh yeah,my 2 favourite Vatican people (Marini and Schonborn) in Vienna is always fun to re-watch

Thank you very much for the video, Star-light.

And, of course, welcome to the forum. I`m glad you found us.

Welcome Star-light!!!! I am sooo happy you found us
And thanks for that video (and link)!!! I didn't even know there's such a website. So thank you again!!!

About the book, I found it, it is called Inside the Vatican, but! the same book by the same authors was published also in 2005 (both National Geographic). So be careful if you want to by it on Amazon, cos those wowowow pictures Vanadija shared (thank you!!!), are possibly to be found only in the book published in 1991 ( I assume)!!! I believe that 2005 version is updated. Anyway this week I will borrow the book, and I 'll let you know.

Welcome to the group Star-light ! It´s great to have you with us.

Thank you for the link to that website, I didn´t know about it either , but I was able to tape the whole visit of Benedict XVI to Austria .
Yes ! I remember, the struggling with the microphone was funny , I think that they handled it quite well.

hehehe
I just came here to post the same link

Admin, it`s good we all pay attention to his whereabouts, because he seems to be in a different city every 14 days and if he will continue like that we will have quite a hard time following his moves.

And have you noticed – new city, new book! Rome - Magnum Iubilaeum, Sede Apostolica Vacante and Inizio del Ministero Petrino del Vescovo di Roma Benedetto XVI, Paris - Cerémoniaire des papes (he will also preside a mass at Saint Francois Xavier Church in Paris today at 11.30), London - A Challenging Reform, Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal……wow, I have never seen something like that before.

Btw: I already got my copy of his book from Amazon on the 22nd November, the London not the Paris one – I`m afraid I don`t understand a word of French, although I`m sure that book is most interesting too.

PS: Have you been to the library yet? I`m curious how many differences are there between 1991 and 2005 edition.

Thank you girls for keeping us well informed !!

Yes, he's quite busy
I liked that post in the thenewliturgicalmovement. Finally something without personal insults.

I've been to library, but I don't have the book yet . Hope next week.

No problem, I was just curious. Next week is soon enough

To help us wait, here is a screencap from a Polish DVD Tajemnice Watykanu (Secrets of the Vatican).



Sadly I only have a short version in only Polish language, otherwise it is quite a long multilingual documentary on 4 DVDs. It must be very interesting - just check it out:
http://www.tuttotrading.it/granditemi/vaticano/070310anteprimaisegretidelvaticano.php

Oh, great!!!
I'll see if it is possible to find somewhere....

I found this: I tesori del Vaticano. Do you think it could be the same thing?
But there's only like one seed and five leechers. I'm trying to download it.

I`m afraid it is not the same thing. The Italian title of the documentary I was talking about is: I segreti del Vaticano.

What you found is probably this - a 2003 RAI production:
www.altair4.it/progetti.asp%3FidLingua%3DIT%26menuPagina%3Dprogetti+%22I+tesori+del+vaticano%22,+DVD&hl=sl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=si" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:MhYKpV8g-yoJ:www.altair4.it/progetti.asp%3FidLingua%3DIT%26menuPagina%3Dprogetti+%22I+tesori+del+vaticano%22,+DVD&hl=sl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=si

looks like it's not the same thing
But I'll keep looking for the first one

Hmmm, I was trying to make you happy with that picture and now you ended up all sad and depressed.

Don`t be! I`m sure we will get the right documentary someplace sooner or later. And who knows, maybe in that video you`re downloading, you would find something even better.

I am not sad or depressed!!!
I even survived a dentist today!!!

I was trying to find it somewhere, but looks like it is a Polish documentary, so you can buy it only in Poland. Maybe next summer I visit Krakow (hope untill then they do finally repair their terrible roads!!!)

auuuuu time to take some brufen

Oh, and you made me happy with that picture! No doubts about it

Hi
I found it for you: the english title of that documentary is "Discovering The Vatican" and You could find it for example on e-bay not just in Poland. And roads in Poland are still terrible , but Cracow is very beautiful, so I invite you to Poland
and sorry i know my english is terrible

Thank you!!! That's a strange translations to English. I would never find it.
Thanks for invitation! Actually I was planning to stop in Krakow last time I crossed Poland. But I was so tired, because from German border you had to pass like 60 km of a terrible road (hope it is already finished)...and then I was thinking of a road from Krakow direction Nowy Sacz, which I would still have to take... I'll better travel with train next time
Is your English terrible??? I am the last to notice that. As far as I know no one on this forum is a native english speaker Btw. I am Slovak