The Blessed Virgin Mary was thoroughly Jewish. Different cultures and ethnicities have often portrayed her, Jesus, and others from the Bible as being from their group. Since Christianity for many centuries was based largely in Europe, these important characters of salvation history have often been depicted as white Europeans. Which...
As the paintings, sculptures, and architecture of Rome and Medieval Europe attest, art has always been considered of vital importance to Christian civilization. In his 1999 Letter To Artists, Saint John Paul II wrote the following: Society needs artists, just as it needs scientists, technicians, workers, professional people, witnesses of...
The phrase has become slippery. “Christian writer.” What does it mean? For some the phrase plays like a favorite old song, an evocation of the glory days of Greene, Waugh, Percy, O’Connor, et alia. Days long gone and sorely missed. For others “Christian writer” may spell an oxymoron, or...
Christians used to build churches like these! Perhaps they can serve as inspiration for better modern churches? You can click on any image to enlarge it. Enjoy! Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, Utah St. Clare Church, Stockholm, Sweden Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO Notre-Dame...
