Some fortunate men can trace their lineage back for several centuries.
The trail of the Lawler ancestors runs cold after just a few generations. Still, while I cannot name my distant forbears, I was thinking of them on Christmas Eve. After putting the last issue of CWR to bed, I took my own family on a year-end Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome. And during my short stay in Rome last December I learned several lessons from the city. Built on pagan ruins Ask any Catholic to think about Rome, and chances are good that an image of St. Peter s basilica will immediately appear in his mind s eye.