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Apparrently the Pope will come out to the red-curtained window on Easter Sunday and bless the crowd. There were a few people with our tour group who kept pointing to random buildings and asking (quite in earnest), 'Is the Pope in there?' lol
The largest Catholic church in the world. (Not by chance - new Catholic churches that are built MUST be smaller than this one, by law.) Apparently Simon Peter is buried under this church, but after hearing the story behind it I reckon it could be anyone's bones that they've got under there...