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Archbishop Timothy Dolan keeps it light during trip to Rome
Saturday, June 27th 2009, 4:00 AM
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Two Sisters of Mercy from Ireland, Sister Rosario Delaney (r.) and
Sister Bosco Daly, who taught Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan in
elementary school visited their prized pupil in Rome.
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<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Rome>ROME -
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Timothy+Dolan>Archbishop Timothy
Dolan played pied piper to nearly 100 New Yorkers and others who
followed him through the streets of Rome on an impromptu - and
hilarious - walkabout.
The new head of the
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Archdiocese+of+New+York>New York
Archdiocese had just said Mass on the site of what is believed to be
the first place in ancient Rome that Christians performed the rituals
Jesus taught them. It was a house then; now it's the bejewelled
Basilica of <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Santa+Maria>Santa Maria.
Dolan's audience, many of whom traveled from
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+York+City>New York City,
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Ireland>Ireland and Dolan's
hometown of <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Ballwin>Ballwin, Mo.,
gave each other the sign of peace after the service and turned to leave.
But the jovial, outgoing cleric in his vestments and bishop's miter,
called out from the altar: "It's a beautiful day! It's about a
45-minute walk back, but that's what I'm going to do if anybody wants
to join me!"
About half did, and what a time they had.
"This is the Trastevere neighborhood," Dolan called out to the group
as it wended its way through cobblestoned alleys, pointing out the
super-secret nooks and crannies.
"It's got so many great places to eat, but watch for pickpockets!
It's not as safe as <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+York>New York!"
"Hey! Let's go across the Tiber," said Dolan, who lived in Rome for
years as a young priest. Stopping on the ancient bridge, he pointed north.
"See that big circle in the archway? When the water rose up to there,
Romans knew the river was about to flood and it was time to flee."
The cleric then asked the modern-day pilgrims, here to see
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Pope+Benedict+XVI>Pope Benedict
honor him in
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/St.+Peter's+Square>St. Peter's
Square Monday, "Should we all stop for ice cream? No, be strong, be strong!"
He continued the tour.
"Every piazza has a painting of the Blessed Mother in glass in one
corner," Dolan noted. Stopping in front of an obelisk built on a
giant carved elephant, he added, "There are nine obelisks in Rome, so
remember them. I'm giving a pop quiz at the end."
Dolan so exulted like a lark with his flock and passersby that we
expected him to poke his head into taxis and start talking to the drivers.
"Hey, I've been looking for these hats!" Dolan exclaimed to one
street vendor as he grabbed a white straw fedora. He refused one
pilgrim's offer to pay for it, forking over 20 euros.
Then he immediately held it out, "I'll pass the hat to pay for it!"
"He's never known a stranger," said Sister Rosario from
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Missouri>Missouri. "I've known him
for 40 years."
The nun who taught Dolan for three years as a child,
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Mary+Bosco>Sister Mary Bosco, flew
in from Ireland for the occasion.
Someone asked if he ever flew a paper airplane in class or pulled a
chair out from under a classmate, but the Sister of Mercy had nothing
of the sort.
"I know people want to hear those stories, but he was always just ...
happy. And this was in a class of 62 kids."
"He's charismatic," said young lawyer
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Natalia+Murphy>Natalia Murphy,
whose husband <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Daniel+Murphy>Daniel
Murphy, also a lawyer in
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Manhattan>Manhattan, added to the
pilgrim look, hobbling around on crutches. "I tore a ligament, but
had to come anyway."
"He embraces being a priest," said
<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Martha+Bouchard>Martha Bouchard,
an upstate doctor, here with her spry 86-year-old mom Lorette.
"He loves people, and sees us as his family. A lot of priests seem to
feel uncomfortable with that part of it."
Dolan has always said he wants to be known as the joyful archbishop,
and his rep with this group at least is assured.
When the group finally hooked up with the tour-bus riders again, he
noticed they were looking a little left out. So he leapt on the bus
and grabbed the tour guide's itinerary.
"What's this? Free lunch tomorrow? I'll be there!"
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