For all of us that want to go to Rome and see the Patriarchal Basilicas – St. Peter’s, St. Mary Major, St. John Lateran, and St. Paul Outside-the-Walls – there is a way to do so without leaving your living room. Just log on to The Vatican and then click on the words “Basilicas and Papal Chapels” to be taken to links to virtual tours of those magnificent churches as well as the Sistine Chapel and other places of beauty.
I have been in each of these locations many times, and the virtual tours are the next best thing to being there in person.
Happy travels.