Minn. artist prays daily for Pope Leo XIV after painting his portrait for U.S. seminary in Rome

Minn. artist prays daily for Pope Leo XIV after painting his portrait for U.S. seminary in Rome

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — In May last year, Sheryl Moran and a friend whose family is from Chicago were at the start of a pilgrimage along Spain’s Camino de Santiago when the friend asked Moran if she painted portraits. Moran initially responded with hesitation, saying that “when God gave me this gift to paint and I felt called to pursue it, I told him that it’s all for him, and I’m just going to do sacred art.” “And she said, ‘Well, how abou…