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What a sunny van Gogh painting of ‘The Sower’ tells us about Pope Leo’s message of hope

  • Written by Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
imageVincent van Gogh's 'Sower at Sunset' painting.Vincent van Gogh/ Kröller-Müller Museum via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA

In his first general audience in Rome, Pope Leo XIV referred to Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sower at Sunset” and called it a symbol of hope. A brilliant setting sun illuminates a field as a farmer...

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