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Pope Francis Isn’t Actually Visiting Peripheries—He’s Leaving Them Behind

John Allen, Jr.

Christendom's new home in the “two-thirds world” signals a mammoth demographic transition with significant implications for evangelization.

What Is Modernism?

Dr. Richard DeClue

modern art

It's precisely the denial that objectively true doctrines exist and are known through means given by God that lies at the heart of modernism.

Sacred Art or Synthetic Imitation? The Catholic Challenge to AI-Driven Creations

Dr. Steven Umbrello

ai image of Michelangelo's David

The use of AI to create sacred art presents significant philosophical, theological, and ethical challenges that warrant careful consideration.

‘Sensus Fidei’: What Does It Mean?

Dr. Richard DeClue

Now, more than ever—in this age of social media—a proper understanding and discernment of authentic "sensus fidei" is gravely needed.

Silvina Sironi Shares Her Passion for Art, Education, and Community

Nell O’Leary

Woman painting at an easel

Silvina Sironi discusses her passion for art and her new mission in the Institute as leader of the new Art for Evangelists community.

AI Art Cannot Be Offered in Love

Leah Libresco Sargeant

Thinking about the work of artists as subcreators and communicators of love will offer children an inoculation against AI art they encounter.

If You Read One Novel This Year, Make It “Brideshead Revisited”

Dr. Christopher Kaczor

Scene from Brideshead Revisited by Jean Beraud

The story at root is about love: the love of a mother for an alcoholic son and wayward husband, the love of spouses grown glacial, and the love of eros fraught with difficulties.

Sorolla’s Painting, a Call to Repentance

Alejandro Terán-Somohano

Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida’s painting is far more than an eloquent social critique. It is a call to repentance.

Tattoos, O’Connor, and a Sacramental Worldview

Lauren Meyers

Tattooed hand reaching out

A sacramental understanding of the body is the remedy to disintegrated humanity. Tattoos are insufficient in recapturing a sacramental nature.

John Daniel Davidson’s ‘Pagan America’ Delivers on Pessimism

Rachel Lu

Pagan America cover

"Pagan America" is endearing and often evocative but in the end bogs down in apocalyptic rhetoric and fails to deliver much useful advice.