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Art can inspire people to build sustainable future, says Vatican official

Mar 11, 2019

In a world of different religions, cultures and languages, art has the capacity to bring people together and inspire them to take action in addressing critical challenges, said a Vatican official.

By Liam McIntyre

Ghent Cathedral has a new ‘Franciscan style’ stained-glass window

Mar 1, 2019

‘Laudato si’: that’s the name of the colorful new stained-glass window recently revealed in the St. Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. It was made by the artist Harold Van de Perre, who says that “the beauty of this stained-glass window lies in the secret of ‘renewal within tradition’.”

By Hélène Wesselingh-de Kuiper - Katholiek Nieuwsblad

Neglect, rain threatening ‘Sistine Chapel of the Andes’

Feb 14, 2019

A buttress supporting an adobe wall has collapsed and grass overgrows the patio of the four-century-old church whose dazzling murals depicting biblical scenes and remote location high atop a Bolivian plateau have earned it the nickname the “Sistine Chapel of the Andes.”

By Carlos Valdez

Virginia teen draws on faith to create saintly digital illustrations

Dec 29, 2018

For high school student Rebecca Pohlmeier, it all started with her love of St. Therese of Lisieux and drawing.

By Stacy Rausch

Sister Wendy Beckett, art critic and British TV star, dies at age 88

Dec 28, 2018

Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88.

By Carol Zimmermann

New book looks at artistic depictions of betrothal of Mary and Joseph

Dec 28, 2018

Although never depicted in the biblical accounts, the marriage between Mary and Joseph is a subject which has long fascinated theologians and artists. Crux interviewed the author of a new book on the subject.

By Charles Collins