Catholic Church

By Michael J. Ortiz, Crisis Magazine - Each year, five million tourists view the 5000 square feet of Michelangelo’s amazing frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in Rome which depict Biblical scenes from the Fall to the Last Judgment. The Cappella Sistina is one of the great patrimonies of humanity. It doesn’t argue with you. It engulfs you in its momentous beauty.

By Courtney Grogan, CNA - According to the Pew Research Center, only 46 percent of Americans under the age of 18 live in a traditional family with two parents in their first marriage... For those who are now adults and grew up in a divorced family, the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. is seeking to help heal wounds that remain after parents divorce.

By Fr. Edward Looney, Catholic Exchange - I prayed with the St. Faustina Prayer Book for Adoration during my daily holy hours. As I progressed through the book, my mind was blown away with the beautiful prayers of St. Faustina. Through her prayerful witness, St. Faustina became a teacher to me of how to engage the interior life and enter into prayer and adoration.

By Fr. Julian Large, Catholic Herald - The Resurrection means that evil has a very definite sell-by date... Inasmuch as it is an excessive exultation of human achievements and capabilities, triumphalism can only ever be an impediment to the Church’s mission. Any deviation from the path of humility exemplified in the life and ministry of Our Saviour inevitably takes us into a dead end in which we cannot expect him to bless our efforts.