Although he was deeply immersed in fashioning a life-sized bronze tribute to future saint Blessed Carlo Acutis, Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz keenly kept abreast of the discourse at the 10th U.S. National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. In a nation, indeed a world, that has become so polarized, the congress was a breath of fresh...
Timothy Schmalz works on a model for a sculpture he is creating of Blessed Carlo Acutis July 18, 2024, during the National Eucharistic Congress. (OSV News photo/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion)