Nick Ut, a retired Associated Press photographer, gave Pope Francis a copy of his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running naked down the road after a napalm attack.
Art
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
New exhibit reimagines the Stations of the Cross with art from 3 Jesuit university museums
How can contemporary art help Christians better understand ancient truths? Museums affiliated with three Midwestern Jesuit universities are seeking to provide some answers to that question.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
The real reason most liturgical music is terrible
Want better music at Mass? Leave it to the professionals (and pay them).
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: It’s good to be king. It’s better to be Caesar.
In ‘Twelve Caesars,’ Mary Beard analyzes the reception and adaptation of ancient Roman imperial portraits in Western European and American art from the 15th century to the present.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
In architecture, every detail has a purpose — and its meaning can be sacred
The Palace of Westminster’s architecture and design are not proposing a new religion or alternative deity. Rather, they reflect a pre-existing reality, specifically, a Christian imagination.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The devotional Catholicism behind Andy Warhol’s postmodern work
A new exhibition reveals a side of Andy Warhol few probably know: his deeply-etched religious faith.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A light show transforms Montreal’s Basilica of Notre-Dame and shows the beauty of Catholicism to a secular audience
Cathedrals and basilicas have become a part of urban culture and are fertile ground for creatively sharing the faith, as seen in Montreal’s Basilica of Notre-Dame.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Catholic art can be more than stained glass and saint statues
Even those who prefer traditional church art can feel their hearts beat faster at a new presentation of the divine.
Posted inArts & Culture, Faith in Focus
Remembering John August Swanson: a life dedicated to art, faith and justice
The beloved artist died Sept. 23. His works are the fruit of encountering sacred texts, accompanying the vulnerable and living every moment awake to God’s loving closeness.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Chair’ was uncomfortable to watch as a recent college grad. And that’s the point.
Social justice scandals play out in Netflix’s newest hit “The Chair”, echoing college campuses across the country. The show’s empathy is remarkable, but as a recent graduate, some scenes hit too close to home.