In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Sam Fisher, a history professor at The Catholic University of America, writes: “Looming in our public spaces, statues assert that the question of who ‘we’ are has already been asked and answered, and the campaign
Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison June 24 denounced comments by a Black Lives Matter activist who said statues of Jesus Christ that depict him "with European features" need to come down "because they support white supremacy."
As a shepherd of the Catholic
San Francisco's archbishop said June 20 the "toppling and defacing" of a statue of St. Junipero Serra and other statues in the city's Golden Gate Park is the latest example of some people using the current movement against racial injustice as a
Several times in the past weeks I’ve seen Catholics on social media denounce the removal of statues in the United States, the United Kingdom and Belgium as acts of ‘iconoclasm,’ using that theological term from the eighth century in a careless way
Teresa Tomeo reflects on a recent “God-wink.” Recalling a statue she bought for her First Communion, she recognizes the importance the little figurine of Jesus has played in her life, following her despite numerous moves and life changes. When the hymn at
Question: I have a question about the so-called good thief. Both Matthew and Luke say that he, like the bad thief and other bystanders who mocked Our Lord on the cross, verbally rebuked and abused Our Lord. So how is one to
Quality church art can make the supernatural more real to worshippers, guiding prayer and making houses of worship more appealing to visitors. Gregory Cave of Cave Co. realizes this as well as anyone, as he has devoted 42 years of his professional
It was during Mass one weekend in May that tears were first spotted streaming down the face of a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe located at a church of the same name in Hobbs, New Mexico. According to the Las Cruces