Some 80 female detainees, prison staff and volunteers applauded and smiled when Pope Francis told them he wanted to meet them first on his one-day visit to Venice April 28 to tell them, “You have a special place in my heart.”
Arts & Culture
Sister best known for ministry to migrant shares her artwork that tells their stories
A religious sister best known for helping more than 100,000 migrants and asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Texas was in Chicago April 15 to share her artwork nationally for the first time and reiterate a message of love.
Paris archbishop moved by the joy of workers, artisans involved in cathedral restoration
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich found himself taking over the Archdioceses of Paris in the spotlight — three years after the Notre Dame fire, as the world watched the cathedral being rebuilt, and waiting for the work to be completed.
Notre Dame’s reopening is ‘occasion of spiritual awakening for France,’ cathedral’s rector says
With the scaffolding removed from the newly installed spire of Notre Dame Cathedral and reconstruction work going full speed inside France’s most iconic church, the home of precious relics and a tourist site visited by millions of people yearly will be ready to reopen Dec. 8.
Radio Interview: Catholic musician Matt Maher hopes Eucharist can bring people together
For Catholic singer-songwriter Matt Maher, the 17th chapter of John’s Gospel, in which the Lord prays that all will be one, has fueled his 20 years of itinerant ministry and traveling.
‘It will be breathtaking,’ Notre Dame’s chief architect says; iconic cathedral reopens Dec. 8
Since the rebuilding work began, all those involved on site have testified to the exceptional quality of the skills and spirit of Notre Dame’s craftsmen.
‘This is my body’: The Last Supper in art
Great artists have used color and shape, shadow and light, to present their own interpretation of that fateful meal. They have frozen the scene in a single image, filled with nuance and symbolism.
Artist Daniel Mitsui: A portfolio that balances tradition with innovation
Daniel Mitsui, 41, has spent decades doing the work of carefully sorting, modifying and balancing tradition with innovation — or, more precisely, “combinations of influences, rather than wholly new ideas,” he said.
In praise of singing
It’s a foretaste of heaven to look around Mass and witness the full participation of the people of God.
Bernini’s baldachin masterpiece disappears from public view until Holy Year
Like a giant Tinkertoy construction, a skeletal tower of scaffolding slowly inched its way up the twisting bronze columns of the baldachin over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica.
John Carroll student drawn to art, Ukrainian culture
Even at 15 years old, Kamila Sokolyk already knows that, for her, art is more than a hobby. One day, she hopes to carry those paints and pencils into her career.
Feast for the senses: Bocelli makes Baltimore debut
Bocelli’s long-awaited appearance in Baltimore was a proud night for the city. Let’s hope he’s back soon.