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Arts & Culture

From on high: A rare glimpse from the top of St. Peter’s baldachin

October 10, 2024
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Knights of Columbus, News, Vatican, World News

More than two dozen popes have celebrated Mass under the giant canopy that rises over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, but the impressive view from the top of 100-foot-tall bronze structure has been reserved for a select few: cleaners, contractors and restoration experts.

St. Charles Borromeo introduces Mass setting in honor of 175th anniversary

October 1, 2024
By Ron Kuzlik
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News

Father Trinidad-Fonseca sang his “St. Charles Borromeo Mass” Sept. 22 during a third and final concert in celebration of the parish’s 1848 founding. 

Historic North Carolina basilica, famed for elliptical tile dome, earns $750,000 national grant

September 23, 2024
By Christina Lee Knauss
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News

The iconic, century-old church St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville has been awarded a $750,000 “Save America’s Treasures” grant from the National Park Service that will go toward much-needed renovations to protect and preserve it for generations to come.

Tradition will meet subtle modernity in restored Notre Dame Cathedral

September 13, 2024
By Caroline de Sury
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News

The excitement is mounting in Paris ahead of the Dec. 8 reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral with only a few cranes remaining on the outside of the iconic French church.

‘Livin’ on a prayer’: Catholic-raised Bon Jovi helps save woman on Nashville bridge

September 13, 2024
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News

Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi reportedly saved a woman’s life when he talked her into stepping off the ledge of a bridge over the river in Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 10.

Bell tower collapses at church in northern France where first bishop of Baltimore studied

September 4, 2024
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News

A man was taken into police custody after a major fire broke out at the historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the northern French town of Saint-Omer in the morning hours of Sept. 2, causing its bell tower to collapse.

Baltimore ‘cooking priest’ opens Gastro Social restaurant in Little Italy

August 21, 2024
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News

An accomplished chef, Father Leo Patalinghug’s food and faith movement began when he won the cooking competition “Throwdown with Bobby Flay” on the Food Channel. With those winnings and the recognition, Father Patalinghug was able to open his food truck and now, the restaurant Gastro Social.  

Stop and read: Pope praises spiritual value of literature and poetry

August 6, 2024
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, News, Vatican, World News

Every Christian, but especially seminarians, should set aside their screens regularly and spend time with a book of literature or poetry, Pope Francis said.

Art center founded by Father Rupnik pushes back on removal of artwork

August 1, 2024
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News

The artistic community founded by Father Marko Rupnik, the Slovenian priest accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing multiple women, dismissed calls from survivors to remove the artist’s work, saying such decisions are a symptom of “cancel culture.”

Knights of Columbus cover mosaics in Washington shrine created by priest-artist accused of abuse

July 24, 2024
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News

Premium brown paper was placed over significant portions of an extensive mosaic program in the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington July 23, obscuring images of holy figures created by a renowned priest-artist under investigation for allegations of sexual abuse.

Michelangelo’s Pieta’ getting new high-security barrier before Jubilee Year

July 23, 2024
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The Vatican is installing a new set of nine bullet-proof and shatter-proof glass panels in front of one of its most famous works of art, Michelangelo’s marble “Pietà” sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica.

In the midst of Olympic craze in Paris, Notre Dame guide’s advice is: Watch the beauty of the cathedral

July 22, 2024
By Caroline de Sury
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News

Even if the spotlight is now on sports stadiums ahead of the July 26 opening of the Summer Olympic Games, a Notre Dame Cathedral guide with four decades of experience recommended it’s the majesty of the cathedral one should turn to in the midst of the Games’ craze in Paris.

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