To Italy and back in under 90 seconds
Trinna Leong captures the Religio staff’s most memorable experiences from day 1 at the baggage claim in Rome’s airport to the farewell dinner on our last night, in a short, but poignant, video.
Reflections, Special Edition: Religio’s Favorite Moments
After 10 exciting, hectic, adventurous, contemplative, exhausting and life-changing days traveling and reporting in Italy, the staff of Religio reflects on some of the standout memories that meant the most to each of them.
Padre Pio’s Pupils: the Eyes of a Saint
Padre Pio’s piercing gaze piqued many a Religio staffer’s interest. Nathan Vickers photographed the various manifestations of Pio’s pupils throughout San Giovanni Rotondo.
Street art in the capital of Campania
A stark contrast to Rome, Napoli — as the Italians call it — is littered with garbage and graffiti. Though trash and pickpockets are everywhere, the city’s complicated history has created a unique façade for travelers to visit. Here is a collection of various photographs of graffiti in Naples, culled from the Religio staff.
Dawn in The Sacred City
An early morning run took Nathan Vickers by some of Rome’s historic landmarks. Camera in hand, he documented the city as the sun came up.
A place to pray
Bogdan Mohora profiles Bahar Dik, a Turkish Muslim student currently studying in Rome and finds out the meaning of acceptance through religious difference.
My application to seminary school
After an eye-opening tour of Pontifical North American College, a seminarian school in Rome, Neha Prakash decided to join the priesthood —in whatever capacity they may take her.
Speechless in San Giovanni
Brandon Gates on Padre Pio’s legacy of faith and the good he helped inspire.
The Terrible (or Terrific) Trio
Teresa Mahoney spent most of our tour of Italy getting left behind with two other mischievous companions…
It’s all about the journey
Hoda Emam asked several members of the Religio gang how they first heard the news of their acceptance to Columbia’s Journalism School. This was sparked by the discovery that the class teaching assistant, Francesca Trianni, had been admitted to the Journalism School while on the road to San Giovanni Rotondo.
A home among the gypsies
Neha Prakash recounts how her preconceived notions of gypsies were completely overturned once she entered a gypsy camp and was welcomed with open arms.
Ways of seeing
Ines Novacic ponders the relationship between religion and art, within the Roman context.
Walls closing in
Claustrophobia was abated, as Sarah Laing, descended into the murky depths of the San Clemente Church, in Rome.
