Catholic sculptor wishes to restore Catholic credibility amid modern evils
Vatican CityRNS A Catholic sculptor wants to keep the church relevant with his art, but as mounting secularism and the COVID-19 pandemic challenge the institution, the artist claims the devil is in the details. “Today we want to pretend that evil doesn’t exist,” said Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz, but Christianity, and Catholicism in particular, “has […]
MUSIC ON FILM: THE CHRISTIAN SINGER AND THE VOICE BEHIND ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’
HEIDI HALL, of Religion News Service, speaks to Canadian Christian performer Marc Martel, whose voice played a star role in recent Queen tribute film, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’…
Kazakhstan deports missionary for conducting baptisms
World Watch Monitor Kazakhstan has ordered the expulsion of a Canadian citizen for conducting “illegal missionary activity” by holding baptisms in hot springs near the country’s commercial capital, Almaty. Hae Taik Kim, a Canadian citizen who leads a church in New York, was also fined 226,900 Tenge ($US680) – about two months’ average wage. A […]