Church scholars have debated for centuries whether Mary, who Catholics and many Christians call the Mother of God, helped ...

A major influence on Abstract Expressionists like Rothko, wherein emotional evocation trumped figuration, Angelico’s great gift was his ability to convey a sense of the divine. Centuries later, his ...

Suzanne Romero had hoped the city of Santa Fe would clean up a mural on the exterior of the former Warehouse 21 building in the Railyard in advance of this summer’s International Folk Art Market, when ...

Not everyone appreciates a good, old art masterpiece. Some might even go as far as calling it boring. It could be because they struggle to interpret the message behind the painting, or maybe they miss ...

Mythology is filled with an array of outlandish and far-fetched stories. Christianity is no exception. One of the most surprising, at least for me, is the story of the 12th century monk, Saint Bernard ...

Iran has unveiled a new subway station in Tehran called Maryam-e Moqaddas, meaning Holy Virgin Mary, sparking global discussion about faith, symbolism and the country’s image. The station, adorned ...

A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

THE Australian community was joined by Pope Leo XIV for evening prayer at Domus Australia Catholic Chapel in Rome on Monday, October 6. Before praying vespers with approximately 150 people, the Holy ...

More than 3,000 drones lit up the night sky above the Vatican, forming images of the Virgin Mary, Pope Francis and Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” in a spectacle over St. Peter’s Basilica. More than ...

10:00, Wed, Sep 10, 2025 Updated: 10:00, Wed, Sep 10, 2025 A statue of the Virgin Mary was set on fire in a French church, sparking anger. The purportedly deliberate act was discovered on Tuesday in ...