In today's day and age, we are quite blessed to have such easy access to places across the world, including many locations rich with Catholic history, via pictures, videos and the Internet. Even traveling to these places and making pilgrimages has become increasingly easier over the years.

Having myself been blessed to travel to Italy in 2006 with my family and now wife, I can say for certain that there is nothing which can replace seeing first hand the beauty and splendor of St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. John Lateran and all the other wonderfully Catholic sites that make up the Eternal City, Rome.

However... there is one thing that comes close! The Vatican website has been slowly rolling out these incredible virtual picture tours of famous church interiors in Rome. The camera technology is quite impressive, which has created stunningly seamless images. It is literally as if you are standing right in the center of the room looking around. But, enough talking about it—this is something you will need to see for yourself!

See the Sistine Chapel virtual tour.