In the apostle’s footsteps in Rome An Excerpt.
Right in St. Peter’s Basilica, the gigantic marble statues of the two princes of the Church dominate the huge square: the benign Peter on one side holding the keys of the kingdom, and Paul across, wearing his customary scowl and holding up a sword. Statues and paintings of St. Paul invariably depict him with the sword, possibly because it was by the sword that he attained martyrdom in the year 67.
But it could also symbolize, as our Rome-based family friend, Fr. Jose Quilongquilong, S.J. of Cebu City, now a ranking official of the Jesuit Curia,
noted, the penetration of the Gospel in the hearts of men everywhere that Paul did so effectively in his 30 years’ apostolate among the Gentiles.
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