Arts Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:04:09 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Knights fund St. PeterƵapp Baldachin restoration /features/arts/item/36503-knights-fund-st-peter-s-baldachin-restoration /features/arts/item/36503-knights-fund-st-peter-s-baldachin-restoration

St. PeterƵapp Baldachin (Baldacchino in Italian) is undergoing its first major restoration since 1758, thanks to the efforts of the Knights of Columbus. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Arts News Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:16:56 -0500
Faith is believing in the power of good: Bocelli /features/arts/item/36477-faith-is-believing-in-the-power-of-good-bocelli /features/arts/item/36477-faith-is-believing-in-the-power-of-good-bocelli

For one brief moment at the outset of the pandemic, the hopes of the world seemed concentrated on a single man standing alone outside the massive Duomo di Milano in Italy.

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Arts News Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:31:47 -0500
Death in its many forms celebrated at ROM /features/arts/item/36458-death-in-its-many-forms-celebrated-at-rom /features/arts/item/36458-death-in-its-many-forms-celebrated-at-rom

A Royal Ontario Museum exhibition now running captures the depiction and celebration of death in its many forms, in nature and across different cultures.

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Arts News Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Rapper C-DOT drops a Christian vibe /item/36456-rapper-c-dot-drops-a-christian-vibe /item/36456-rapper-c-dot-drops-a-christian-vibe

A Canadian Christian musician is doing his part to change the game for the better, bringing back carefully crafted, deliberate and fruitful songs to the hip-hop genre, all for the glory of God. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Arts Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:45:00 -0500
Can 'Ordinary Angels' kickstart film industry? /features/arts/item/36445-can-ordinary-angels-kickstart-film-industry /features/arts/item/36445-can-ordinary-angels-kickstart-film-industry

The North American box office is off to a feeble start in 2024. January produced a total haul of $513.6 million. According to the media measurement and analytics company Comscore, this marks the worst performance for the first month of the year, outside of the COVID years, since 1999.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Movie News Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:36:38 -0500
Keys to 1914 and today: humanity, humility /features/arts/item/36347-keys-to-1914-and-today-humanity-humility /features/arts/item/36347-keys-to-1914-and-today-humanity-humility

Brooks, Alta., author Ben GaleskiƵapp splendid new novel, The Good Heart, chronicles a young Canadian infantryman who turns to God and his inner strength to survive the hellish crucible of the First World War.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Book News Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:22:09 -0500
And then thereƵapp MaudeƵapp abortion /features/arts/item/36339-and-then-there-s-maude-s-abortion /features/arts/item/36339-and-then-there-s-maude-s-abortion

Jesuit Father Patrick J. Sullivan and Robert Beusse were not intent on launching an early battle in the culture wars when they met with CBS President Robert Wood the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in 1972. They were simply out to prevent a summer rerun.

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osvnews@catholicregister.org (Ƶapp News) Arts News Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:03:40 -0500
Country star Craig MorganƵapp journey of faith /features/arts/item/36275-country-star-craig-morgan-s-journey-of-faith /features/arts/item/36275-country-star-craig-morgan-s-journey-of-faith

As country star Craig Morgan looks back on his life, from his military service to his multi-decade music career, he said one thing has always remained the same.

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Music News Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:13:20 -0500
Vatican Museums share hidden images, details found by art restorers /features/arts/item/36224-vatican-museums-share-hidden-images-details-found-by-art-restorers /features/arts/item/36224-vatican-museums-share-hidden-images-details-found-by-art-restorers

The Vatican Museums has launched an initiative to give visitors -- online and in person -- a "backstage" peek into the secrets, curiosities and insights discovered by their art restorers.

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Arts News Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:05:35 -0500
Atheist turned Catholic turned comedian /features/arts/item/35941-atheist-turned-catholic-turned-comedian /features/arts/item/35941-atheist-turned-catholic-turned-comedian

The “hard work” of making others laugh is a labour of love and faith for standup comic Jen Fulwiler, a former atheist and Catholic convert delivering a “fresh take on modern life as a woman” to audiences throughout the nation with her 2023 “Maternal Instinct” comedy tour.

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Arts News Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:51:37 -0400