Andy Warhol’s complicated Catholicism

Andy Warhol’s complicated Catholicism Andy Warhol (right) stands beside then president of the United States Jimmy Carter in June 1977, during a reception for inaugural portfolio artists. Photo: the US National Archives and Records Administration.

American pop-artist Andy Warhol led a life beyond the bounds of Church teaching, but his art was Christ haunted, writes Ruadhán Jones How do you reconcile two seemingly incompatible parts of the same person? Andy Warhol is arguably the most famous American artist of the 1960s and 70s. He was openly gay, unashamed to be…

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