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Shia LaBeouf stars in the new drama Padre Pio, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and will be released in theatres and on demand June 2. Directed by Abel Ferrara the film traces the saint’s life from just after the First World War.

For new role, Shia LeBeouf ‘fell in love with Christ’

Actor Shia LaBeouf portrays St. Pio of Pietrelcina in the new drama Padre Pio, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters and on demand June 2.

A professor from Jagiellonian University in Poland discusses contemporary computer-generated propaganda at a media ethics conference organized at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow May 17-18. With AI flooding the media space, what is at stake, organizers said, is a threat of the objectification of man and empowerment of machines.

AI takes centrestage at ethics conference

For 17 years, the media ethics conference at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow has gathered media researchers from all over the country. This year it attracted a record number of academics. The reason? The main topic was the ethics of using AI in the media space.

Catholic novelist Ben Galeski had his first novel, 'Starvation Cove', published by Justin Press. The historical fiction explores how the last four survivors of the doomed Franklin Expedition, seen abandoning the ships in this artwork by Julius Von Payer, spent their final days at Nunavut’s Starvation Cove.

From one Catholic novelist to another

Acclaimed and prolific Canadian Catholic author Michael O’Brien once said, “If creators of Christian culture hope to produce work that will bear good fruit, we must draw our life from the true source — our living Saviour. He is real. He is present.”

Artist Peter Rego’s variation of a ship in a bottle sees the Delta, B.C., artist placing religious imagery inside bottles instead.

Religious message in a bottle

Peter Rego was 15 years old and growing up in Pakistan when the artistic bug first bit him.

Chaplain Michael Buhler’s play Overdose, about the opioid and addictions crisis, is performed by students from Timmins, Ont.’s O’Gorman Catholic High School.

Faith and reality confront addiction

Lay-chaplain Michael Buhler sees the effects of addiction each day on the rough downtown streets of Timmins, Ont.

Revival of the Homeland painted by Pavel Telega, a Grade 10 student at Toronto’s Michael Power-St. Joseph’s High School.

Young artistic talent inspires hope for Ukraine

A painting by Grade 10 student Pavel Telega is turning heads and inspiring optimism for peace in Ukraine and beyond.

An exhibition in Spain featuring a hyper-realistic depiction of Jesus' lifeless body is seen at the Guadix Cathedral, located in the southern Spanish province of Granada. The exhibition, which opened Oct. 13, 2022, in the Cathedral of Salamanca, will conclude at Guadix in June and will continue its tour across Europe, beginning in Italy.

Beauty in sacrifice: Art, science of Christ's death are featured in Granada exhibition

An exhibition in Spain featuring a hyper-realistic depiction of Jesus' lifeless body gives a greater appreciation and understanding of the Passion, much like centuries-old artistic works that adorn countless churches around the world, said art curator Álvaro Blanco.

Virgin Mary and Christ Child stained glass at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in London, Ont., created in 1983 by artist Christopher Wallis.

Western University project aims to preserve stained glass

Dr. Cody Barteet quickly became fascinated by the art and craft of stained-glass production when he joined St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in London, Ont., over a dozen years ago.

Jonathan Roumie and Kelsey Grammer star in a scene from the movie Jesus Revolution. What the film lacks in theological soundness it makes up for by refraining from Hollywood’s usual “objectionable ingredients” when dealing with faith.

While theologically lacking, Jesus Revolution still groovy

The Woodstock generation gets religion in the warmhearted fact-based drama Jesus Revolution (Lionsgate). Refreshingly free of the usual objectionable ingredients, this generally appealing Evangelically-flavoured look back at a somewhat surprising chapter in Baby Boomer history is doctrinally dodgy but ethically uplifting.

Hollywood heavy hitters push Hallow higher

Hollywood heavy hitters push Hallow higher

Above, a scene from Mary’s Way of the Cross, a film by Winnipeg’s Bisong Taiwo.

Film relives Mary’s journey with the Cross

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