Catholic Comeback: Mercy film wins, Divine Plan extends the Journey

100,000 Americans watched a film about the Polish saint who introduced Divine Mercy on its first day. “The Divine Plan” expands that story into our modern world.

“Love and Mercy: Faustina,’’ a new Catholic film, scored box office gold October 28:

• Grossing $1.4 million (just behind the $1.7 million collected the same day by No.1 blockbuster “Joker”).
• The low budget, limited release “Faustina,” filmed in Poland, was shown in 797 U.S. theaters, a fraction of the 3,936 screens showing “Joker.”
• The bottom line: $1,777 per screen for “Faustina” vs. $449 for “Joker” sales on the same date.

Timely need for Mercy: the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service Battleground Civility Poll just concluded two-thirds of Americans believe the U.S. is on the edge of civil war.

The Divine Mercy movement, born at the dawn of World War II and expanded globally by St. John Paul the Great to win the Cold War, is literally about combining suffering with love to produce a transformative Divine Mercy.