It looks Roman, but this Spanish aqueduct was built in the 19th century, proof that an ancient engineering form remained useful nearly two thousand years later. Nerja needed to move water across a ravine. Instead of treating the problem as purely utilitarian, its builders created four magnificent levels of arches.

Today the Church celebrates Blessed Fulton J. Sheen. Through radio, television, and a life of prayer, he brought the Gospel into millions of homes. Blessed Fulton Sheen, pray for us.

A walk through a gothic cathedral with particular emphasis on the Gothic arch. Gothic is my first love and I think the most beautiful of all the church architecture.

“White fences do not remain white fences by having nothing done to them; they soon become black fences… There are no plains in the spiritual life; we are either going uphill or coming down.” — Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

“Before the sin, Satan assures us it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.” - Fulton J. Sheen

Western colonisation of the New World. To the Christian, I say; Western colonisation of the New World brought the Gospel of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to a people living in superstition and savagery. Therefore, it was right. To the Humanist, I say; Western colonisation of the New World brought advanced technology, medicine, and education to a people living in primitive conditions. Therefore, it was right. To the Atheist, I say; Western colonisation of the New World made visible the underlying law of power that governs all civilisations since “right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”. Therefore, might makes right.