Hi - Does anyone know where to find if there are any Sunday masses you can go to at the Vatican?
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winston salem, nc, usa
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Usually the Sunday Mass is either 10 or 10:30 at the Altar to the left of the main Altar; Saturday evening Mass is 5 or 5:30 behind the main Altar-as noted in another reply, you just tell one of the ushers at the barricades on Saturday and they will let you pass, and no, you can't skip the line through security.
I wish I could remember the time that the Pantheon has Mass on Saturday evening , however, they close the entire building for Mass for at least an hour, which means that after Mass, you have 15-20 minutes to quietly see the interior- it's something we stumbled on to last year while in Rome. Again, you tell the attendant at the door(and skip the line) he enter.
If you want an entirely different experience during the week, arrive before 7:30- 8:00 and there are NO BARRIERS in the the church yet and you can either follow one the priests' to a side Altar or do your own tour through the whole virtually empty church-security opens at 7.