Arts and Culture

Medieval altar masterpiece of Kraków, Poland, receives European 'Oscar of Culture'

July 13, 2023

The European Commission and Europa Nostra foundation has honored Poland's medieval altarpiece for outstanding conservation. The Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) altar is widely regarded as a Gothic masterpiece. Its meticulous conservation, based on in-depth research, was carried out for more than 1,000 days and involved a team of top specialists from Poland and abroad.

Caviezel: 'Sound of Freedom' a 'weapon of mass instruction' to end child trafficking

June 27, 2023

A new film starring Jim Caviezel aims to move millions to end the scourge of child trafficking.

Winners and losers: how Catholics drop the ball

June 22, 2023

On LGBT issues, abortion and euthanasia, theologian David Deane of the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax does not disagree with Church teaching. But, he decries what he calls the unChristian and non-traditional ways Catholics have tried to win these arguments.

Priest’s pics show world on verge of change

June 2, 2023

Freelance journalist Dan O’Reilly loves history — particularly the ways history persists in his own parish, family and community.

For new role, Shia LeBeouf ‘fell in love with Christ’

May 31, 2023

Actor Shia LaBeouf portrays St. Pio of Pietrelcina in the new drama Padre Pio, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters and on demand June 2.

AI takes centrestage at ethics conference

May 25, 2023

For 17 years, the media ethics conference at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow has gathered media researchers from all over the country. This year it attracted a record number of academics. The reason? The main topic was the ethics of using AI in the media space.

From one Catholic novelist to another

May 12, 2023

Acclaimed and prolific Canadian Catholic author Michael O’Brien once said, “If creators of Christian culture hope to produce work that will bear good fruit, we must draw our life from the true source — our living Saviour. He is real. He is present.”

Religious message in a bottle

May 11, 2023

Peter Rego was 15 years old and growing up in Pakistan when the artistic bug first bit him.

Faith and reality confront addiction

May 10, 2023

Lay-chaplain Michael Buhler sees the effects of addiction each day on the rough downtown streets of Timmins, Ont.

Young artistic talent inspires hope for Ukraine

April 21, 2023

A painting by Grade 10 student Pavel Telega is turning heads and inspiring optimism for peace in Ukraine and beyond.