This brief chapter of art history is often overlooked. Now, an exhibition in New York City makes a strong argument for the ...

Mary is always the mother that brings us to Jesus,” the Holy Father said. “Mary does not only point to herself. She points to Jesus.” ...

The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration ... and church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on Mount Carmel in 1263.

“Christ Handing the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter,” the late 15th-century fresco by Pietro Perugino, adorns the northern wall of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Scala, Florence So when ...

A BBC documentary suggesting that the Virgin Mary was raped by a Roman soldier has provoked a deluge of complaints and been censured by the Vatican. More than 500 viewers called to protest about ...

In “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350,” time paradoxically stands still and rushes forward.

The older polychromy extensively overpainted, especially in the skin areas. Depiction of the Virgin Mary standing in a gently swaying pose, designed for a frontal and slightly lowered viewpoint. She ...

the largest and best collection of painting and sculpture from the fiery cauldron of 14th-century Siena that will be staged in our lifetimes. Next spring, Siena will travel to the National Gallery ...

cofounder of the Family of Mary, was reached by a three-judge ecclesiastical tribunal Sept. 18 and approved by Pope Francis Oct. 11. The decision was then formalized by the Vatican’s Dicastery ...

The city-state’s tribunal issued 816 pages of written motivations from its Dec. 16 verdicts in the Vatican’s “trial of the century.” The two-year trial of 10 people was borne out of the ...

The city-state’s tribunal issued 816 pages of written motivations from its Dec. 16 verdicts in the Vatican’s “trial of the century.” The two-year trial of 10 people was borne out of the ...