The longtime 'America' illustrator John Hapgood served in World War II in the “Ghost Army,” a unit dedicated to deception and trickery that ran 21 different ersatz military campaigns between D-Day and the surrender of Germany in May 1945.

Rupnik’s art was an expression of the abuse he perpetrated. And so, the message to Rupnik’s victims, intentional or not, is clear: Your feelings are wrong and less important than your abuser’s art.

Whether in the Middle Ages or a modern Marian renaissance, how Mary looks can reflect and affirm the people she appears to.

“The arts are crucial to Jesuit education. Our arts programs are a home for students at Creighton Prep, but they also inspire the expansion of heart and imagination—elements that are indispensable to Ignatian practice.”

This year’s Met Gala (mostly) failed to push fashion boundaries—or imagine a more environmentally conscious future.

A conversation between theologian Christopher Pramuk and iconographer Father William Hart McNichols.