Arts/Media

She was a popular and influential host on the Eternal Word Television Network, where she criticized liberalizing trends in the Catholic Church. Source: Mother Mary Angelica, Who Founded Catholic TV Network, Dies at 92 - The New York Times

The actor, who once played God in a Hollywood movie, takes a serious look at religion in a new television series called "The Story of God." Source: Morgan Freeman Takes On Omniscient View To Explore Big Uncertainties In 'God' : NPR

The 14 sisters of the Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary make up one of only three predominantly black orders in the country. Source: The Nuns of Harlem - The New York Times

Father Palladino was a world-renowned master of calligraphy who taught Steve Jobs the importance — and aesthetics — of scripts. Source: Rev. Robert Palladino, Scribe Who Shaped Apple’s Fonts, Dies at 83 - The New York Times

With Spotlight winning the Oscar for Best Picture, NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Sacha Pfeiffer, one of the reporters portrayed in the film who broke the story of sexual abuse by Catholic priests. Source: Encore: Hollywood Shines New 'Spotlight' On Boston...

Norman Roth, 77, is a retired accountant who for the past 28 years has written a new Purim spiel skit each year. Source: Purim! The Musical - The New York Times

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Mormons call it "gospel art," and it's revered less for its quality as art than as glue. Source: Mormon 'gospel art': Kitsch or classic? - Religion News Service

NPR reviews the set of new TV shows that all have religious faith as a central theme. Just how does TV deal with that in 2016? The shows are Of Kings and Prophets and The Real O'Neals on ABC, The Path on Hulu and The Passion on Fox. Source: New Set Of TV...

A new exhibition focuses on wonderfully vivid representations of Buddhist divinities. Source: Spellbinding Treasures From Japan’s Kamakura Period at Asia Society

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is inviting the public to join their choir — virtually, that is. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro speaks to ad man, Christian Pulfer, about the ambitious Messiah project. Source: Mormon Tabernacle Choir Grows (Virtually) By...