Friday 14 March |

Saint Boniface of Ross

Art & Culture

march madness

John Burger

March Madness, brackets and office pools: What the Church teaches about gambling

LONG JOHN SILVERS; FISH; LENT; MUSIC

Zelda Caldwell

Fast-food restaurant starts fishy music campaign for Lent

Holy Steps

J-P Mauro

The Holy Stairs that Jesus climbed to reopen in April

CRUCIFIXION

J-P Mauro

Thieves steal multimillion dollar masterpiece, but this Italian town got the last laugh

MADRID PRADO MUSEUM

John Burger

Some of the most beautiful religious art can be found in Madrid’s Prado

BARN FLOOR

John Burger

This famous British poet gave up the thing dearest to him for Lent

Daniel Esparza

Moses, Elijah, and Jesus: Why are they all together at the Transfiguration?

BLAISE PASCAL

John Burger

Blaise Pascal and one reason for believing

MORGAN FREEMAN

J-P Mauro

Morgan Freeman searches for ‘The Story of God’ in Israel

SISTER CRISTINA

Aleteia

Have you seen Sister Cristina sing Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way”?

st-peter-s-church

J-P Mauro

The ruins and rock-hewn graves of St. Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham

NETHERLANDS; ROSARY BEAD; CARVED

Zelda Caldwell

This tiny 16th-century rosary bead has 5 scenes from the Bible carved into it

IDES OF MARCH

John Burger

Should we beware the Ides of March?

EDWARD P. JONES

Zelda Caldwell

Edward P. Jones, whose fiction features black Catholics, receives national honor

LAKE MICHIGAN

J-P Mauro

Crowds of faithful flock to frozen Lake Michigan for rare glimpse of underwater crucifix

MONASTERY

John Burger

UK archaeologists believe they’ve found the monastery of a key figure in spread of Christianity

BIBLE

J-P Mauro

New Bible infuses the sacred texts with Instagram-style art to attract millennials

Virgin Mary WITH LAUGHING CHILD

Zelda Caldwell

“Virgin and Laughing Child” is unveiled as Leonardo da Vinci’s only surviving sculpture

WHALE

J-P Mauro

Whale gives diver a taste of Jonah’s fate

SLAVEVOYAGE

J-P Mauro

New interactive website tracks voyages of trans-Atlantic slave trade

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