Well, I’ve arrived at the end of the thread....for now. Marking this as my starting point for tomorrow.
PS before toddling off to bed:
Looked at #1007 re “April Showers”
I rather doubt it was what Q is referring to, but here is an interesting excerpt from a story on the Zagami web site describing a rain in the Vatican:
“...News spread around the world of the Popes denial of hell, and the Vatican was desperate to clarify the comments made by the Jesuit Pope. A strong and unexpected sign from the Heavens was witnessed in the heart of the Vatican, when several pieces of plaster fell from St Peters Basilica, fortunately causing no harm, in what was a terrorizing experience and narrow escape for many tourists standing by
In the Sistine Chapel, there contains the many magnificent frescos painted by Michelangelo, depicting the story of Christianity which is his interpretation of The Last Judgment. It was painted on the wall behind the altar 15 years after the ceiling was painted. This floor to ceiling masterpiece of amazing proportions portrays hundreds of corpses snatched from their graves and carried by angels to either heaven or hell, concepts the present Pope seems to want to abandon.
Masses of tourists crammed into a packed Saint Peters Basilica, were left shaken, as a shower of plaster rained down from a height of nearly 20 metres, not far from the chapel where Michelangelos Pieta is located, in what the Ancient Romans would have considered an ominous sign....”