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Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 6/1

 Salvador Dali's Sacred Heart images so clearly, so frankly     the beauty, strength and intensity, the raw humanity         of Christ's divine heart.  This isn't the meek Jesus o...

Daily Rome Shot 1648: Mass today is for my benefactors.

Holy Mass today is for my benefactors. I am so grateful. You see the image of Mary? It is in the Church of San Carlo ai Catinari. But San Carlo has been closed for years. More on t...

Daily Rome Shot 1645: Homework

The World’s Best Sacristan™ sent this inscription which tells an interesting story.  To make it easier for you to provide us with your own accurate rendering, here is the transcrip...

Sunday Reflections, Trinity Sunday Year A, 31 May 2026

The Coronation of the VirginVelázquez [Web Gallery of Art]For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have et...

Animated Sistine Chapel coming to Frameless gallery this summer

The Sistine Chapel is coming to the Frameless gallery this summer, as they display the murals in a new animated video format.Read more ›

The Life of a Visionary: “The Sick Person Who Becomes the Monstrance for Christ”

A Visitor from Heaven, Part III: Apparitions in Northern Italy In Part II, I introduced a glimpse into the life of Francesca Sgobbi and her husband Giorgio, marked by the latter’s...

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Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby dressed like an angel during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Wednesday. — AFP

Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 5/30

   Madonna of the Streets by Roberto Ferruzzi        May is a month of special devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus. On this last Saturday of May, I'm pleased to feature the well...

A Visit from Blessed Popiełuszko: “The Invitation to Holiness Is Indeed Possible”

A Visitor from Heaven, Part II: Apparitions in Northern Italy In Part I, I recounted the life of Blessed Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko, the Polish priest and martyr who was assassinated by...

Giotto’s Lamentation and the Face of Christ: Renaissance Humanism in Catholic Perspective

The Catholic view on Renaissance humanism has generally been positive, understanding it as an important cultural and intellectual movement that enriched Christian civilization. It...

Pagliarani at Tanagra

St. Zélie the Lacemaker

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NIGHT PRAYER: Thursday 5/28

This image of the Beloved Disciple (in the chapel at Eastern Point) drew me to prayer many times over the 8 days I was on retreat there... Many nights, Lord,     I'd just love to ...

NIGHT PRAYER: Friday 6/5

As I mentioned this morning, the month of June and the first Friday of all months are times of devotion to the Heart of Jesus...     Sculpture by Timothy P. Schmalz

Massimo Miai’s Italian Religious Tattoo

Between art history, religious symbolism, popular culture, and the memory of prison tattooing, Massimo Miai has built a personal research path that escapes traditional classificati...

Notebook: Michael Arditti

Through a veil, lightly ZURBARÁN has long been one of the painters I most admire; so the opportunity to visit the National Gallery for the first ever large-scale exhibition of his...

Franciscan Jubilee Year Invites Pilgrims to Walk in St. Francis of Assisi’s Footsteps

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Angels

 Angels      A few angel decorations to hand out for Christmas.

Pope Leo Blesses the Sagrada Familia

Pope Leo XIV inaugurated the Sagrada Familia basilica’s newly completed central tower on Wednesday.

Faith: The works of an almighty hand

JOHN CONSTABLE, one of Britain’s greatest painters, was misunderstood and rejected by the British art establishment during his lifetime. Modern critics sometimes claim that, in co...

Vatican designates Philippine Padre Pio shine as an international shrine Headlines

Vatican designates Philippine Padre Pio shine as an international shrine Headlines