Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day

Rainy Day does words not pictures with the result that our photos tend to leave a lot to be desired. Nevertheless, the camera accompanied us on the pilgrimage to Rome last week and a handful of the results have been posted at Flickr, where they are now available for viewing. Take a look and then come back for some really stunning photos of what took place in Rome last week.

What's coming up next is a photo essay consisting of 300 images taken by Hans Gonzalez, beginning Monday 4 April during the removal of the Pope's body from the Clementine Hall to St. Peter's Basilica, and ending with the funeral mass last Friday. Gonzalez was born in Manila and moved at 14 to the United States. After attending high school in Las Vegas he studied at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and went on to become a top-class dancer, winning US Amateur Latin-dance titles in Cha-cha, Rumba, Samba and Jive. He was teaching at the Genesis DanceSport Academy in San Francisco when a close friend was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and this forced him to ask: "Will I be ready when it's my turn?" The result is that he's now studying at the Pontificia Universita San Tommaso D'Aquino in Rome. Take a look now at his marvellous photo essay.