The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

People get upset when it’s not on view,” said Stephanie L. Herdrich, curator of American painting and drawing at the Met.

According to the New York Times, the late pope often discussed art, which, for him, was a “vital reality” that he placed in contrast to the “throwaway culture” of the glob ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

Louise Solecki Weir, who has spent more than a year in her Vancouver studio creating a larger-than-life-size sculpture of ...

But Jesus’ light skin and blues eyes suggest that he is not Middle Eastern but European-born. And the faux-Hebrew script embroidered on Mary’s cuffs and ... traditional Japanese gilt and ...

Caravaggio's "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy", his finest ... create a sense of depth and drama. In the iconic painting, Magdalene, a follower of Jesus Christ, lies diagonally across the canvas ...

The teenager was seen beaming alongside her mother, Queen Mary, who looked chic in a cream trench coat stylish pair of stilettos. Meanwhile, her father looked sharp in a grey suit and baby blue ...

Images of Mary and Christ are plentiful, as are images of them sitting in a rose garden. Since most of the population from ...

Our Blessed Mother Mary desires to bring the peace of Jesus Christ her Son into all our hearts through her inestimable power of intercession with him.” Alongside the consecration effort ...