During his life, Warhol regularly attended Mass, and the priest at Warhol’s church, Saint Vincent Ferrer, said that the artist went there almost daily,[90] although he was not observed taking communion or going to confession and sat or knelt in the pews at the back”.[82] The priest thought he was afraid of being recognized; Warhol said he was self-conscious about being seen in a Latin Rite church crossing himself “in the Orthodox way” (right to left instead of the reverse).[82]

His art is noticeably influenced by the eastern Christian iconographic tradition which was so evident in his places of worship.[90]

Warhol’s brother has described the artist as “really religious, but he didn’t want people to know about that because [it was] private”. Despite the private nature of his faith, in Warhol’s eulogy John Richardson depicted it as devout: “To my certain knowledge, he was responsible for at least one conversion. He took considerable pride in financing his nephew’s studies for the priesthood”.