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Painter Alexander Talbot Rice with his portrait of Benedict XVI.

Artist's faith grows through Benedict XVI portrait

Jul 3, 2013

A British artist who has painted the British royal family and Margaret Thatcher in person says his Christian faith “deepened”... Read more

(L to R) Steve Gunning as Deputy Kilgore, John Menchion as Elmo Tate, John Brooks as Claude Newman, Maria Vargo as Sister Lucy and Andy Fitzgerald as Father Robert O'Leary.

Play tells story of death row inmate's Marian visions

Oct 16, 2012

By Kevin J. Jones

The story of a Mississippi death row inmate who admitted his guilt and converted to the Catholic faith after seeing... Read more

Jonathan Bock, founder of As1.

New initiative urges Christians to shape modern art, entertainment

Aug 16, 2012

By Michelle La Rosa

A new organization is encouraging Christians to use their “demographic size and collective buying power” to influence the movies, music... Read more

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St. Nicholas, by Jaroslav Čermák (1831-1878).

Santa’s tomb? Coffin of St. Nicholas may have been found — but there’s a catch

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Today is an ember day. What’s that?

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Michigan attorney general releases fourth report on alleged abuse in state dioceses

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024.

As he turns 88, 8 + 8 interesting things about Pope Francis

An Ontario judge has acquitted Linda Gibbons, a 76-year-old Christian grandmother and pro-life activist who was charged with protesting within an “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic.

Judge acquits 76-year-old Canadian pro-life activist 

Pope Francis meets political authorities, civil leaders, and diplomats in the Republican Palace in Baghdad on March 5, 2021.

Pope Francis reveals he survived two threats to his life in Iraq

Pope Francis laughs with some religious sisters at his general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Aug. 30, 2023.

Pope Francis pens essay on humor: ‘Irony is a medicine’

Holy Mass is celebrated in Mariamite Greek Melkite Catholic Cathedral, Damascus, on Dec. 15, 2024.

One week after regime change, Syrian church bells ring out in hope

Bishop-elect Iyad Twal was appointed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2024, as auxiliary bishop of the patriarchal diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan and as titular bishop of Siminia.

Pope Francis appoints new auxiliary bishop for Jordan and the titular see of Siminia

A family gathers in a prefabricated house donated by the Philokalia Foundation in Kerala state in India.

Catholic groups offer prefabricated houses for victims of landslides in south India

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