Trachta recalls walking up the steps at St. Peter's in Rome, Italy, with Susan Flannery (Stephanie) and John McCook (Eric), the actors who play his parents on the soap. "There were all these people cheering and screaming at us. With my Catholic background, I always hoped that I'd get to see St. Peter's Square, but I never thought I'd see it under these auspices. It was quite an experience”.