Breastfeeding has been depicted in art throughout the centuries, forming a visual representation of women’s lived experiences concerning religion and societal expectations. Ancient civilizations ...

While the theme of motherhood has been explored in art for centuries, it is often by men, rendering scenes they only know ...

Ask one of the growing number of artificially intelligent oracles to depict what a typical male might look like in various countries around the world — the characterizations can be less than ...

According to tradition, Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders, brought several drops of Christ's blood from Jerusalem during a ...

Part marriage plot, part novel about novels, “Northanger Abbey” is Austen’s strangest—and perhaps most underappreciated—work.

They who while living had mingled their interests, fortunes, counsels, nay rather souls,” reads their tombstone, “might in ...

María Enriqueta García, in her sacred theology dissertation at the Marian Institute, explains that Mary brings us to Jesus, who is the light of the world ... European depiction of Mary, typical ...

As always, we invite you to contribute your own responses in the comments—and send in some prompts of your own! If you have a ...

Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio. He’s the blockbuster artist ...

Sinister conversations in hushed tones behind gold-plated Gothic columns faintly illumined by flickering torchlight.