During his June 10 homily before over 4,000 people, and surrounded by the nature-inspired architecture of Antoni Gaudí, often referred to as “God’s architect,” the pope made a forceful appeal against war and in defense of human life.
Claire Giangravé
Claire Giangravé is an author at Religion News Service.
“The Last Judgment,” Michelangelo’s vast fresco painted into the plaster of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, is undergoing an extraordinary maintenance process in preparation for Easter, with a team of 20 restorers working in two shifts a day to remove a thin, milky residue that has built up due to the thousands who come to admire the masterpiece every day.
