London's National Gallery has acquired a 16th century work by an unknown painter. It includes some very unusual details.

The Bible says a lot about Jesus Christ, but the book never explicitly says when the Son of God was born. Though many ...

With glittering treasures from Siena’s golden age at every turn, this outstanding exhibition at The National Gallery in London is the first outside of continental Europe to consider the major role tha ...

The Basilica of St. Mary Major is one of the four major papal basilicas located in Rome and the largest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the city. Its artistic splendor, architectural grandeur ...

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

"Though still a virgin she carried ... both flesh and spirit....both of Mary and of God." St. Ignatius of Antioch, "Epistle To The Ephesians," c. 105 A.D. "[Jesus] became man by the Virgin so ...

His choice reflects his veneration of an icon of the Virgin Mary that is located ... to pray before the Byzantine-style painting that features an image of Mary, draped in a blue robe, holding the ...

FILE - Pope Francis sits by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square during a funeral mass at the Vatican, on Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) ...

It wouldn’t be Easter without cartoon chicks and ducklings, and you’ll get plenty of animated baby birds ... it’s about the virgin mother Mary and the lead-up to Jesus’s birth.

A 4 century BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in Aigai, Greece. Image: An icon of Virgin Mary. Public Domain. A ...