Art is utterly useless. That's why you desperately need it
A fascinating conversation between two noted writers helps us understand why looking at art will always be a vital human experience.
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A fascinating conversation between two noted writers helps us understand why looking at art will always be a vital human experience.
The New York Encounter, a free 3-day event now in its 15th year, draws Catholics and seekers who ask the big questions that are too often ignored.
The annual Communion and Liberation-sponsored event was inspired by the question posed by the Psalmist, ‘Who am I that you care for me?’
(OSV News) -- The annual New York Encounter weekend is renowned for including the widest range of thinking possible. From Feb. 17-19, the event, with its usual discussions of literature, art and theology connecting faith and culture, combined a warm appreciation of the late Pope Benedict XVI with an exhibit explaining 19th-century German philosopher and polemicist Friedrich Nietzsche, who is famously remembered for his statement 'God is dead' in which he denounced Europe's Christians as having
The imperative to regain trust in science in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was a recurring theme at this year's New York Encounter, an an...