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“We are all made with hearts, desiring truth, goodness and beauty”

May 14, 2023 S. Kirk Pierzchala 2

On a chill, mid-January morning, Oregon’s Willamette Valley is awash in a steady downpour of rain. Inside the historic Glatt House, in the farming town of Woodburn, the dismal weather is forgotten as I step […]

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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, December 7, 2022

December 7, 2022 CWR Staff 3

Russian Accusations – “Priests arrested in Ukraine are charged with trafficking weapons used to fight Russian occupiers. But Church officials says the arrests are retaliation for Ukrainian investigation of Orthodox monasteries.” Weapons charge against priests […]

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Award-winning artist David Troncoso on life in a camper van, the Renaissance, and learning from the masters

November 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

David Troncoso stands in his art studio with an altarpiece he recently completed. / Courtesy of David Troncoso.

Kingston, New York, Nov 27, 2021 / 07:42 am (CNA).
Sacred artist David Troncoso paints in the Renaissance style with DaVinci, Michel… […]

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The Hero Art Project connects artists with families of healthcare workers lost to COVID-19

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A portrait of Dr. Jorge Vallejo traveled on a boat around Miami as part of The Hero Art Project exhibit earlier this year. / Courtesy of ARTHOUSE.NYC.

New York City, N.Y., Oct 30, 2021 / 00:01 am (CNA).
Daisy Doronilla worked as a nurse at Hudso… […]

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Polish artist designs stunning monstrances with Virgin Mary: ‘Beauty leads to God’

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

One of the 12 altars for perpetual adoration that represent the “crown of 12 stars” on the Virgin Mary’s head blessed by Pope Francis. / Screenshot from EWTN News In Depth

Niepokalanów, Aug 9, 2021 / 11:30 am (CNA).
A Polish artisan and jeweler … […]

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Stolen 14th-century reliquary found in police raid of art collector’s home in Sicily

May 5, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The San Galgano reliquary, stolen in 1989. / Courtesy of the Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale in Palermo.

Rome, Italy, May 5, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
On the night of July 10, 1989, four men crawled through a window of the Montarioso Cathol… […]

Essay

Art vs. Deceit: On poets, copywriters, truth, and lies

March 20, 2021 Jack Gist 14

Only a fool would fail to notice that the world has been turned upside down. Anything goes. Men can be women. Women can be men. A man who was a woman yesterday can become a […]

Features

“The arts are languages of the soul”: An interview with Michael O’Brien

November 7, 2020 Carl E. Olson 9

Iconographer, painter, and writer Michael O’Brien has been a unique creative force for decades. He is the popular author of several best-selling novels, including Father Elijah, Elijah in Jerusalem, The Father’s Tale, Eclipse of the Sun, Sophia House, Theophilos, The Fool […]

Features

“Beauty attracts…beauty also wounds”

March 21, 2020 Paul Senz 8

This is the first installment in our series on the evangelizing power of beauty. In this series, we are looking at how beauty can bring us to God, convey a sense of the sacred, point […]

Interview

The “crowning jewel” of America’s Catholic church

December 9, 2017 Father Seán Connolly 14

An interview with Msgr. Walter Rossi on the completion of the Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception […]

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