Arts News
Sermon on the screen: Priest plays himself in 'Lady Bird'
By Catholic News ServiceNativity story takes a look at the wild side
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterSeeing the nativity story from the animals’ point of view … well, that’s another story altogether, though the director of animated film The Star has hopes for it becoming a classic, too.
Poetry book a bittersweet dream come true
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterGranddaughter sheds fresh light on Dorothy Day
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterArt experts solve Renaissance mystery in papal palace
By CNA/EWTN NewsVATICAN CITY – Two works painted by Renaissance master Raphael have been newly identified after art experts restored famous frescoes in the Apostolic Palace of Vatican City.
Syriac Christian artist calls paintings of war 'a cry for help'
By Simon Caldwell, Catholic News ServiceLANCASTER, England – A huge plume of grey smoke billows into a vivid blue sky as rooftops and buildings buckle into twisted iron and debris and then begin to fall. Beneath the smoke, human wreckage of the blast is visible: faces of victims contorted in pain and others dead, lying in pools of their own blood.
Man builds replica of St. Peter's Square with 36,000 toothpicks
By Maria Ximena Rondon, CNA/EWTN NewsVATICAN CITY – The Eiffel Tower, the Roman Coliseum, the Statue of Liberty, the Taj Mahal; are just some of the universal monuments that a Colombian teacher makes to scale out of little wooden sticks (toothpicks).
Baltimore archdiocese discusses murdered nun case ahead of Netflix series
By CNA/EWTN NewsBALTIMORE, Md. – No one knows who killed Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik.
Artist puts art to work to fund parish renovation
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterErnesto Castro believes in putting his art where his faith is.
Martyrs' Shrine poised for transformation
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterMystics, missionaries and martyrs helped found the Church in Canada. Their lives of faith, their dreams, their failures and successes set the template for who we are meant to be. Which is why a summer pilgrimage to the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont., can be more than a pleasant Sunday outing.