Founder of Atelier Lavs, the designer, perfumer, and artist has crafted liturgical vestments for both Pope Benedict and the ...

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

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

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

New Haven got an unexpected brush with fame after music icon Madonna revealed she recently visited the city and not for a concert. Instead, the Queen of Pop spent time taking in a new exhibit at Yale ...

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 long-running feud between musicians Elton John and Madonna has been ended after the pair decided to "bury the hatchet". Madonna confirmed the pair had made up during a chance encounter on ...

A decades-long musical rivalry has finally reached its harmonious conclusion as pop icons Madonna and Elton John have officially reconciled. The unexpected peace treaty was established backstage at ...