VATICAN: POPE FRANCIS SHOWCASES COMMITMENT TO IMMIGRANTS WITH NEW STATUE
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports from Vatican City where a new statue was unveiled this week – the first new artwork in St Peter’s Square in 400 years…
LIFESTORY: BONO AND GUGGI – A FRIENDSHIP BASED ON ART, PUNK ROCK AND JESUS
CATHLEEN FALSANI, writing for Religion News Service, speaks with artist Guggi about growing up in North Dublin, his faith and art – and his famous friendship with Bono…
ESSAY: WHEN RIHANNA DRESSED AS THE POPE
TIMOTHY P O’MALLEY, director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life and a professor of the department of theology at the University of Notre Dame in the US, responds to Monday’s glitzy Met Gala in NYC…
DISPLACED PEOPLE: ARTISTS OFFER THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD’S GREATEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
With the 40 Hour Famine ‘Backpack Challenge’ focusing attention on the plight of the world’s displaced peoples, World Vision Australia in partnership with Jacky Winter Group asked 40 artists to create an original artwork that reflects the tragedy, hope and humanity found amidst conflict and forced displacement. Here are six…
ART: A PARTNERSHIP WITH MARTIN SCORSESE GIVES OPENLY EVANGELICAL ARTIST WIDER EXPOSURE
DAVID VAN BIEMA, of Religion News Service, talks to Makoto “Mako” Fujimura, the most successful evangelical fine artist in the US about his life, art and his connection with the new Martin Scorsese film, Silence…