The Hidden Wonders of St. Peter's Square

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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If we don't pay close attention, we can easily miss the wonders of St. Peter's Square. In this special episode of All Things Catholic, Dr. Sri explains the rich theological and historical symbolism behind the incredible design of St. Peter's Square, from its majestic dome to the hundreds of saintly statues on Bernini's columns.

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St. Peter's Square symbolizes the Church's outreach to the world.
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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edwards Sari, and welcome to All Things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.
0:11.0	Today's special edition of All Things Catholic comes to you from the streets of Rome on a Jubilee Year pilgrimage were outside St. Peter's Basilica.
0:21.8	And if you'd like to learn more about my various pilgrimages, particularly a special
0:25.8	Holy Land pilgrimage I'll be offering in November 2025 as well as January 2026, email me
0:32.7	at holyland.dward.eduirdsri at gmail.com. That's holleland.dwardsr.ri at gmail.com. That's holyland.
0:37.6	dot Edwardsrri at gmail.com.
0:41.9	Welcome to the special edition of all things Catholic.
0:44.3	I'm your host, Edward Sree, here on location, on pilgrimage for the Jubilee Year,
0:49.2	right outside of St. Peter's.
0:55.0	This is so exciting to be here in Rome for the Jubilee year.
1:00.0	And we're getting ready to go receive the cross, the Pilgrims' Cross.
1:05.0	We're going to process up the main street leading up to St. Peter's Basilica.
1:09.0	We're going to walk through the square and then go into the basilica, through the Holy Door, and get to pray at the tomb of St. Peter.
1:16.6	This is going to be incredible. But before we do that, I want to orient us to what we're looking at.
1:21.6	When we are facing the facade of St. Peter's Basilica, when we're looking at this majestic square, I want you to get a sense of the rich theology that this square is shouting out to us, but many people miss.
1:35.3	This was done by the great Baroque artist Bernini. It was done from 1657 to 1667. And I want you to just take a look at this amazing square,
1:45.0	but it's placed in front of this large dome that was designed by Michelangelo.
1:49.0	In fact, it's the tallest dome in the world over 448 feet tall.
1:55.0	But if you notice, there's a tall dome there, and if we were to step back a little bit,
1:59.0	you could see two smaller domes on either side of the big dome.
2:03.3	So you had the biggest dome in the world,
2:05.2	and then two smaller domes on the left and the right.
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