St. Joan of Arc

Louisiana Catholics pitch in as cleanup from Hurricane Ida continues

By Bob Smietana — September 8, 2021
(RNS) — In the wake of Hurricane Ida, many Catholic parishes in New Orleans are dealing with damaged churches while reaching out to help their neighbors.

Medieval mystic maintains hold on the artistic imagination

By Kimberly Winston — July 10, 2017
CHICAGO (RNS) When she died on a pyre in 1431, she achieved an immortality in art and literature that surpasses all of her contemporaries and continues in a new photography exhibit by Susan Aurinko.

Barbie as the Virgin Mary? Ken as Jesus? Italian Catholics are not amused

By Josephine McKenna — September 24, 2014
ROME (RNS) The two artists said there was no way they would depict the Prophet Muhammad out of their great respect for Islam, but stressed they did not intend to offend any religion.
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