Liturgical music can teach value of unity in diversity, pope says June 19, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The liturgical music tradition of polyphony with its blend of melodies and harmonies should lift people’s spirits as it subtly transmits a message about diversity and unity, Pope Leo XIV said.
Iconic Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Paris celebrates its 150th birthday June 16, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The famed Sacré-Coeur, or Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which Émile Zola called a “stone host placed on the open wound of the city,” celebrates the 150th anniversary of the laying of its first stone.
Father Rupnik’s mosaics disappear from Vatican News June 9, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News In a quiet but powerful move, Vatican News has begun removing artwork by Father Marko Rupnik — the once-renowned mosaicist now accused of abusing over two dozen women — from its website. His mosaics, long used to mark major feast days online, were recently replaced or left blank — a shift many survivors say is long overdue.
Video of Brazilian nuns beatboxing goes viral, boosts interest in their ministry June 5, 2025By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vocations, World News A video of Brazilian nuns beatboxing and dancing hip-hop, a scene taken from a local TV show and defined by celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg as “a real life ‘Sister Act,'” went viral on May 28, with millions of views all over the world.
Vatican gardeners plant botanical reproduction of pope’s coat of arms May 31, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News Workers spent about two weeks planting and rearranging evergreens, flowers and plants to complete a gigantic botanical reproduction of Pope Leo’s shield on the sloped lawn in front of the Vatican’s governing office.
Chicago-style hotdogs, pizza, the White Sox just a few of new pope’s Windy City faves May 14, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News As details of Pope Leo’s past life come to light one thing, many are struck by his Chicago roots and his Chicago-ness.
As conclave nears, new pope’s cassock comes in three sizes May 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of the Sistine Chapel and puts on “the garments that are appropriate to him.”
Termite damage is latest challenge Alabama cathedral has withstood in its 175 years May 5, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The Archdiocese of Mobile announced April 25 that engineers have deemed the west end of the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception as unsafe due to extensive termite damage.
Pilgrims venerating ‘holy tunic’ of Jesus in France pray for cardinals in Rome May 1, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Arts & Culture, News, World News As cardinals gather in Rome ahead of the May 7 conclave, thousands of pilgrims are flocking to the Basilica of St. Denis in Argenteuil, France, to venerate what’s believed to be the holy tunic of Jesus — the seamless robe described in the Gospels.
Lessons of suffering in the ‘Stabat Mater’ April 21, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary What the “Stabat Mater” conveys, the sorrows of Mary witnessing the crucifixion of her son, is worth pondering.
Barcelona rejoices as famed architect Antoni Gaudí is declared venerable April 19, 2025By Rocio Franch Oviedo OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News In a a joyful milestone for the church and lovers of sacred art, Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí venerable April 14, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.
Passion Project: Icons and holy relic inspire devotion at Western Maryland parish April 16, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Easter, Feature, Local News, News The amateur artists labored on a Thursday evening in March inside the parish hall at St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland, in Garrett County.
