Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

As a European Renaissance ... Italian Jesuit who founded the “Seminary of Painters” in Kumamoto, Japan, around 1590, combines a traditional Japanese gilt and mother-of-pearl shrine with a painting of ...

In the Renaissance, European artists began to combine the icon and the portrait ... a painting of a distinctly white, European Madonna and Child. In colonial Latin America – called “New ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

At this time, people from all over can visit Pope Francis' remains and attend the funeral mass in his honor. According to the ...

While previous popes were placed in three coffins nested into each other, Francis’ mortal remains were placed in a plain ...

These cherubim are common in Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting, according to Britannica, especially in scenes depicting the Madonna and Child. The fleurs-de-lis, while found in many ...

Recap our coverage as Pope Francis's funeral arrangements are discussed in the Vatican with world leaders set to attend.

The current dean is Italian Cardinal Giovanni ... to be near his favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, the Salus Populi Romani, a Byzantine-style painting of the Madonna draped in a blue robe, holding ...