Rome's St. Paul Basilica Invites Online Guests

(Aug.25,2009): Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls launched a newly renovated Web site to collect prayers, offer a virtual tour, and further the Apostle's worldwide evangelization effort. This site, which is offered in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, sprang from the Pauline Jubilee Year that ended June 29. Online visitors can read news related to the basilica and the tomb of St. Paul, virtually tour the church, make reservations for guided tours of the building, visit the gift store, and watch a video of Pope Benedict XVI during celebrations in the basilica. They can also write intentions that will be offered up in the prayers of the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of St. Paul Outside the Walls, as well as read the Pope's catechetical texts on the Apostle.