AmericanPapist Comments
That second picture has GOT to be a PPOTD!! ;)
Actually, I vote for number 3:
Having heard about possible openings on the New York Yankees' coaching staff, the Holy Father demonstrates the technique he would use to hold base-runners on third.
What makes the pizza neapolitan?
Neapolitan pizza (pizza Napoletana). Authentic Neapolitan pizzas are made with local ingredients like San Marzano tomatoes, which grow on the volcanic plains to the south of Mount Vesuvius and Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, made with the milk from water buffalo raised in the marshlands of Campania and Lazio in a semi-wild state (this mozzarella is protected with its own European Protected designation of origin). According to the rules proposed by the Associazione vera pizza napoletana, the genuine Neapolitan pizza dough consists of Italian wheat flour (type 0 and/or 00), natural Neapolitan yeast or brewer's yeast, salt and water. For proper results, strong flour with high protein content (as used for bread-making rather than cakes) must be used. The dough must be kneaded by hand or with a low-speed mixer. After the rising process, the dough must be formed by hand without the help of a rolling pin or other mechanical device, and may be no more than 3 mm (1/8 in) thick. The pizza must be baked for 60–90 seconds in a 485 °C (905 °F) stone oven with an oak-wood fire. When cooked, it should be crispy, tender and fragrant. Neapolitan pizza has gained the status of "guaranteed traditional specialty" in Italy. This admits only three official variants: Pizza marinara, which is made with tomato, garlic, oregano and extra virgin olive oil (although most Neapolitan pizzerias also add basil to the marinara), Pizza Margherita, made with tomato, sliced mozzarella, basil and extra virgin olive oil, and Pizza Margherita Extra made with tomato, buffalo mozzarella from Campania in fillets, basil and extra virgin olive oil.
It's the first picture that does it for me, "Mmmmm, Neapolitan pizza, good to the last crumb."
Picture #3.
Stop. No need to ask. Yes, it IS ok to wear white after Labor Day.
Rain rain rain and wind. I watched this liturgy and it was amazing. people wearing plastic and holding umbrellas, the choir scretching as usual for Italian choirs. Why do they persist in having masses outdoors and the crowds having to cover up and be cold? Move to the closest cathedral which will be empty. They do it in Rome and ought move to the PaulVI Hall or the basilica. The crowds were down on sunday in Napoli and it all looked a farce especially with the Greek orhtodox bishops there and the arch of canterbury. When will the vatican learn that these outdoor masses really ought be stopped. They lack grandeur, majesty and all look like a sunday at a wet barbque. We are in danger of really losing all sense of the great mystery that is the eucharist. I fear we will have more of this in sydney next year when the WYD is held in the middle of winter where it will rain and rain. What a mustake that was for timing - you watch and wait. Adam
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