Postcards: Stained glass window shows Jesus Christ with dark skin, stirring questions about race in New England
MARK PRATT, of Associated Press, reports from Rhode Island in the US…
‘George Floyd’ pieta stolen from Catholic university after artist receives death threats
RNS A painting of Jesus and his mother, Mary, in which Jesus is seen by many to be painted in the likeness of George Floyd in response to his agonising death, was stolen from Catholic University of America Columbus Law School this week after a spate of conservative media attention and death threats directed at […]
Black Jesus version of Michelangelo’s ‘Pietà’ divides Catholics on race and politics
Vatican CityRNS An interpretation of Michelangelo’s iconic ‘Pietà’ featuring a Black Jesus has unexpectedly caused a debate about Black Lives Matter, the sanctity of art and the evangelisation of Africa after the Pontifical Academy of Life, an official Vatican thinktank, tweeted out a photo of the reimagined statue on 12th September. The tweet, posted by […]
Depicting Christ: How Jesus became white – and why there are calls to ‘cancel’ that
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, looks at the history of depicting Jesus as a white man – including Warner E Sallman’s famous image ‘Head of Christ’ – and reports on calls to move away from such images…