The Two Faces of the Madonna
The French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau created several artworks of the Blessed Virgin Mary with her Son. Two stand out for...
Religious Art
Sulpician Father Peter Gray: Art Deepens Faith
By George P. Matysek Jr. – Carefully unrolling an enormous canvas on the living room floor of his Reisterstown, Maryland...
We Need Beauty: Ancient and New
Often I have been moved, and at times also puzzled, by these 1700-year-old words of St Augustine: “Late have I...
Cancel Crusade: How Gossip Ruined a Rare Renaissance Treasure
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis often warns about the dangers of gossip, likening tattlers to terrorists who “drop a...
Deaf-blind Fr Cyril Axelrod launches new book
The last thing Fr Cyril Axelrod saw before he finally went blind was the light of a candle which he...
Spotlight on Black Saints
For a Caribbean artist, black saints don’t receive much attention — and he hopes his project will change that, as...
Catholic sculptor hopes to inspire with his liturgical art
By Zoey Maraist – When he was 7 years old, Dony Mac Manus’ mother gave him a bag of clay...
Light in Silent Darkness: Paintings by Deafblind Rabbi-Priest
A book of paintings by a South African priest who is deaf and blind has been published, marking the 50th...
Come to the water: Mosaicists bring renewal to Rome’s first Baptistery
By Carol Glatz – Even though the baptisms the pope celebrates most years in the Sistine Chapel are better known, the...
