Rome, Italy, Nov 15, 2012 / 15:50 pm
In honor of the Year of Faith, pilgrims to Rome can now share their thoughts about the gift of faith by writing them on a special scroll at the Vatican's Pilgrim Office.
"Since it's the Year of Faith people are going to live intense experiences of faith," said the office's director, Father Cesare Atuire, after the scroll's Nov. 15 debut. "So we've decided to create this initiative whereby people can actually leave something written down – their thoughts, their emotions, concerning what their faith really means for them."
Those entries that the Pilgrim Office deems the most inspiring will be posted on a blog associated with it, www.jospers.travel. Fr. Atuire hopes this will "create a mini community whereby we really share our experience of faith."
Designed by New York architect Isabella Mancini, the Faith Scroll can be found in the pilgrim office, which is located just west of St. Peter's Square.