As you dive into the secrets of Vatican City, one of the first major puzzles you’ll be faced with is one involving the ...

Even after 40 years of a celebrated painting career often focused on Jesus Christ, Olsen still sometimes wishes “I could have a vision and do him justice — knowing how long his hair is ...

Like much previous Christian art, the emphasis remained on Jesus ... One way to show this was to portray Jesus on a cross but with his eyes open, alive and undefeated by the cross; in the ...

(JTA) — A large painting of Jesus will be moved out of a room at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New York, and mandatory events will not take place in its presence. That decision by the ...

Roman rulers upheld order through crucifixions and terror. Jesus, by contrast, showed that true authority is rooted in ...

Max Beckmann's painting, "Christ and the Sinner ... with their spears creating a cross-like image directly behind Jesus. The woman who kneels beside Jesus has her hands clasped in supplication.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, has covered up a large painting of Jesus Christ in one of its buildings following a complaint from an advocacy group. After ...

In the vision, Jesus hands him Jesus’ own cross, and the monk is miraculously healed. What if taking up the cross has less to do with bearing our own burdens on our own, and more to do with our ...

The cross, which is about 10ft (3m) tall, depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and possibly the Virgin Mary and his disciple John, they said. Mrs Worne, a former art teacher, said: "We didn't expect ...