Andy Warhol was a devout Catholic.
That’s a weird sounding sentence, isn’t it? It doesn’t say that Warhol — the hipster icon, godfather of Pop Art, and gay trailblazer — was a lapsed Catholic. Or an indifferent Catholic. Or ironic Catholic.
It says that Warhol was a devout Catholic. He prayed and went to Mass. He volunteered in a soup kitchen. Andy Warhol was a believer.
I was reminded of Warhol’s Catholicism recently when I was witness to two supposedly incongruous exhibits.
Warhol left Mass at the kiss of peace and did not receive communion. Not that this diminishes his underlying faithfulness.
Well, Terry, if Warhol was all that faithful, he would have realized that missing the Eucharist was missing out on Christ himself.. He might have been a regular Mass attendee, but without the Eucharist, he’s in dire need of spiritual sustenance. I believe Jesus said something about this..