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March 20, 2018

Praying with paint: Iconography as a conversation with God

Master iconographer and art restorer Roumen Kirinkov offers the iconography course at the Sheptytsky Institute.

Love and pictures go together. You can piece together who and what anybody loves by the pictures on their phone, the pictures they hang on their walls, the pictures pinned to their cubicle at work and the pictures they’ve posted to Facebook.

Published in Arts News
March 29, 2016

Only 50 per cent of Italians call themselves Catholic

People wait in line outside the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist before the opening of the public exposition of the Shroud of Turin in Turin, Italy, April 19. The shroud, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus, is on display from April 19 through June 24, 2015.

ROME - Italy may be the spiritual home of 1.2 billion members of the Catholic Church around the world, but a new poll shows only 50 per cent of Italians consider themselves Catholic.

Published in Faith
June 15, 2014

Pope, Anglican archbishop urge joint action to share God's love

Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, meets journalists after a press conference at the Venerable English College in Rome June 14. Speaking to reporters after his first encounter with Pope Francis, Ar chbishop Welby said he was struck by the pope's "extraordinary humanity on fire with the spirit of Christ."

VATICAN CITY - Although they have not yet reached full unity, Roman Catholics and Anglicans continue their dialogue, come together in prayer and work side by side, including on a new project to combat human trafficking around the world.

Published in Vatican