The painting is violent and again – as in The Taking of Christ– the most distant figure in the painting is a self-portrait of the artist, seen as an onlooker. It is as if Caravaggio is ...

Copy from Baroccio, at Florence. There is no more striking instance of man's devotion contained in scriptures than that of Mary Magdalene For Christ--out of whom he cast seven devils. While she was ...

Celebrating Christ the King: 12 Interesting Facts About Christ the Redeemer Statue Learn the little-known story of a Catholic princess who worked to end slavery in Brazil. Alyssa Murphy Blogs ...

Two weeks ago, The Big Issue got the royal seal approval when the Queen adopted the iconic red tabard – now we’ve got a new convert to the cause in Jesus Christ. Eagle-eyed reader Zubeda Limbada ...

Crowning the painting is the title of the exhibit in French and English: “Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools.” In that first look, I was caught, and for the rest of the exhibit, held.

In Christ, great sinners can become great saints, pope says Francis, the comic strip Pope Francis greets seminarians from the Pontifical North American College during his general audience in the ...

Even the greatest sinners can become just in God’s eyes if they allow the grace offered by Jesus’ death and resurrection to give them the strength to be holy, Pope Francis said.