Andy Warhol: church boy

The Catholic Pope of Pop

Andy Warhol in front of a version of “The Last Supper”, in Milan in 1987. Photo by Giorgio Lotti/Archivio Giorgio Lotti/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images

Try to remember another figure in History who is a visual artist, a producer of chic, gay cinema, and also a rock band entrepreneur. Someone who survived a shot and who was present at New York celebrity parties on Saturday nights. And woke up early the next day, Sunday, to go to Mass in a Catholic church. The only person capable of fulfilling all these requirements is the Pope of…