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Beauty born of pain: Black Catholic artist sees art as means of healing
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Beauty born of pain: Black Catholic artist sees art as means of healing

George P. Matysek Jr.November 1, 20216 min read
For Scott, art is a way to cope with the challenges of life. In his hands, the medium of clay becomes an instrument of healing.
Identification of painting as 17th-century masterwork brings joy to parish
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Identification of painting as 17th-century masterwork brings joy to parish

Beth GriffinSeptember 21, 20215 min read
A parish in a neighborhood that once had the highest concentration of COVID-19 cases in the country has found new joy in the discovery that a familiar painting over the transept doorway of its church is a 17th-century masterpiece.
Architect turns 67,000 tiny LEGO pieces into Vatican City State replica
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Architect turns 67,000 tiny LEGO pieces into Vatican City State replica

Peter Finney Jr.September 16, 20215 min read
Working quietly in his Chicago-area home during the lull of the pandemic in 2020, Buttliere cobbled together 67,000 tiny, plastic LEGO pieces to create an improbably realistic 3D replica of Vatican City State.
British Museum exhibit on St. Thomas Becket gives sympathetic look at past
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British Museum exhibit on St. Thomas Becket gives sympathetic look at past

Jonathan LuxmooreAugust 20, 20216 min read
In a gallery of The British Museum, light plays on an array of medieval crosses, reliquaries and manuscripts, as an audiovisual display reenacts one of English history’s most notorious crimes.
Team crafts roof truss that could help guide rebuilding of Paris cathedral
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Team crafts roof truss that could help guide rebuilding of Paris cathedral

Patricia ZaporAugust 7, 20216 min read
The world watched in shock in April 2019 as flames devoured Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Into the deep: Scuba-diving faithful honor Christ underwater
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Into the deep: Scuba-diving faithful honor Christ underwater

Carol GlatzJuly 30, 20214 min read
The statue, located offshore halfway between the small coastal villages of Camogli and Portofino, was the first known statue of Christ to be placed in the sea as a sign of his peace and protection for those who live, work or play by the water, to be a place of prayer and to commemorate those who have died there.
Iconic Dorothy dress has been there ‘all along’ at Catholic University
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Iconic Dorothy dress has been there ‘all along’ at Catholic University

Carol ZimmermannJuly 9, 20216 min read
It turns out there really is no place like home for a prized piece of movie memorabilia that came to The Catholic University of America’s drama department about 50 years ago.
Sponsor a gargoyle: New fundraiser launched for Notre Dame in Paris
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Sponsor a gargoyle: New fundraiser launched for Notre Dame in Paris

Deirdre C. MaysApril 15, 20215 min read
A novel fundraising approach to restore one of the most iconic monuments in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, enables donors to have a piece of history.
Graduate program aims to reverse decline seen in Catholic art, literature
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Graduate program aims to reverse decline seen in Catholic art, literature

Mike MastromatteoApril 6, 20214 min read
“Our aim is to serve and inspire the ongoing revival of Catholic letters in our time,” said co-founder James Matthew Wilson, outgoing professor of humanities at Villanova University near Philadelphia.
Beauty Resurrected: St. Leo the Great puts murals in new, improved light
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Beauty Resurrected: St. Leo the Great puts murals in new, improved light

Matthew LiptakApril 1, 20214 min read
St. Leo the Great in Little Italy is unsure when it will again be able to host one of its traditional street festivals. When it does, however, visitors will be able take in the majestic imagery of the “Glorification of the Canonization of St. Leo the Great” and adjacent murals that have been restored in its apse.
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