A ubiquitous presence before fading into the American ether, Catholic art may be experiencing something of a renaissance, in the unlikeliest places. Clockwise from top: The Floriani ensemble sings, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus is home to the largest collection of diversified Catholic Art in the United States. In light of Thursday’s election of a new pope, leaders at the Museum of Catholic ...

What is art supposed to do? In a world obsessed with practicality, efficiency and the bottom line, does art have a function? First, what do I mean by art? I mean any human activity where we are ...

Since the first Catholic Worker artists filled the pages of its newspaper with woodblock prints, art has been an important ...

The art world's peculiar relationship with Catholicism might not seem like a newsworthy topic. Catholic influence on modern and contemporary art discourse remains remarkably under-theorized beyond ...

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of essays by Jewish writers reflecting on their experiences with the Catholic community and answering the questions: What makes us approachable today, ...

Jude Law and Diane Keaton in The Young Pope. Photo by Gianni Forito for HBO. “I am a contradiction,” says Pope Pius XIII, born Lenny Belardo—the first American pope. HBO’s sleek, provocative new ...

Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Slaying Holofernes” (1620-21). (Credit: Catholic News Agency.) Listen ROME –– Baroque Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi is hailed as a ‘feminist icon’ based on her ...

Catholic artists have welcomed an announcement from Pope Francis which is paving the way for the canonisation of the architect Antoni Gaudí. Earlier this week the Vatican confirmed that Gaudí had been ...

In many ways, the opening of the National Museum of Catholic Art and History in East Harlem was a kind of miracle. It was founded by a single mother without a college degree, much experience in arts ...

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