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Arts & Culture

Graduate program aims to reverse decline seen in Catholic art, literature

April 6, 2021
By Mike Mastromatteo
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, World News

“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

April 1, 2021
By Matthew Liptak
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate

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.

Artist calls painting portrait of pope ‘a spiritually rewarding experience’

March 25, 2021
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News

Perez got the commission, did some quick and intense research on the nonprofit and Pope Francis, brainstormed with McGrory, and came up with a concept meant to convey the pope’s loving concern for the poor throughout the world: He would paint the pope in the company of Jesus, St. Francis of Assisi and people of different ages and ethnic groups.

Lenten hymns and songs

February 12, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Lent, Local News, News

Looking for some good Lent hymns and songs to use for meditation and reflection? Here are some favorites.

Great Christmas carols you may not have heard

December 24, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Christmas, Commentary, Feature, The Narthex

George Matysek picks some of his favorite Christmas carols you may never have heard.

Away with the manger? Nativity scene at Vatican generates controversy

December 16, 2020
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, News, Video, World News

The human figures in the Nativity scene are made of rings of ceramic stacked on top of each other. They are cylindrical, not curvy like a natural human form. And the presence of an astronaut and a knight carries the whole thing to another level of untraditional.

Bernini’s baldacchino is actually a ciborium

December 2, 2020
By Hanael Bianchi
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary, Fertile Soil

Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s baldacchino or baldachin is one of the most noticeable features in the interior of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The massive bronze structure was built to signify the importance of the main altar and the tomb of St. Peter, which is directly under the main altar.

Advent hymns and songs

November 23, 2020
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Advent, Arts & Culture, Christmas, Local News, News

Looking for some good Advent hymns and songs to use for meditation and reflection? Here are some favorites.

Vatican Christmas: Details of stamps, Nativity scene, tree released

October 30, 2020
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, News, World News

Although the Vatican knows Christmas may be very different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it already has chosen its stamps and the Nativity scene and tree that will stand in St. Peter’s Square.

Vatican Museums’ patrons offer online, inside look at collections

October 15, 2020
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums have launched an online subscription series of on-site interviews, live lectures and a Q&A “coffee hour” with experts to help supporters stay connected during the global pandemic.

Catechetical Cataclysms: Restored Holy Stairs give meaning to crisis

October 15, 2020
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

After 20 years of restoration work and millions in funding from benefactors worldwide, the unveiling of the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs in Rome was supposed to be a grand, celebratory moment slated for this spring, in time for Holy Week and Easter.

Dante is prophet of hope along life’s journey, pope says

October 13, 2020
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

In the run-up to next year’s 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Pope Francis said he hoped people would read the Italian poet’s work, especially the “Divine Comedy,” which still resonates today.

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