By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis hung a bright red sign on his home-office door two summers ago that reads, “No Complaining Allowed.” It was a succinct reminder to guests at his residence of one...
Nthabiseng Maphisa / Religious Art
by Nthabiseng Maphisa · Published July 23, 2019 · Last modified July 25, 2019
The first time I went to the Louvre Museum in Paris was a warm and sunny Bastille Day — July 14 — and the city was buzzing with tourists. Many of them had travelled...
By Chris McDonnell – The early “iconography” or art of the Church, consisted of beautiful and often symbolic representations of Our Lord, Our Lady and the saints painted on walls or on pieces of...
Church / Erin Carelse / Priests / Religious Art
by Erin Carelse · Published January 22, 2019 · Last modified January 21, 2019
A well-known and prolific artist and Oblate of Mary Immaculate priest who has died at 79 was recalled as a man who used most of the income from his paintings to build churches and...
Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88. She has been widely described as both an unlikely...
A14th-century altarpiece from Siena, Italy, tells the story of the Nativity in perfect visual terms, as Jem Sullivan explains. ‘Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a poor family. Simple shepherds were the ...
Media / Pope Francis / Religious Art
by Christen Torres · Published August 14, 2018 · Last modified August 13, 2018
A critically acclaimed documentary about Pope Francis by award-winning director Wim Wenders will not go on circuit in South African, or any African, cinemas anytime soon. The feature-length documentary Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word, which was lauded by film critics worldwide, will not come to Africa because the international distributors have no plans at present of bringing it to the continent with the world’s fastest-rising Catholic population.
St. Francis of Assisi’s reception of the stigmata, the wounds of Christ, at La Verna in Italy and its depiction by artists beginning in the 15th century is the focus of a National Gallery of Art exhibit.
Time is running out for Catholics in the Johannesburg archdiocese to take part in the Mother of Mercy Marian Shrine slogan, logo and statue design contest. The project committee is inviting Catholics to submit an original drawing or logo design in accordance with the theme “Mary Mother of Mercy”.
As a gesture of openness, cooperation and “cultural diplomacy”, the Vatican Museums have organised two joint art exhibitions with China.
Church / Letter of the Week / Religious Art
by Letters Editor · Published October 17, 2017 · Last modified October 23, 2017
Fr Sean Collins CSsR, – Father Chris Townsend’s column on worthy and beautiful Catholic churches in South Africa was a delight to read, as well as raising a “moot point”.
How historical figures can be distorted was brought home to me while I was visiting the Prado Museum in Madrid earlier this year.
