Two masterpieces, centuries apart, reflect a theological insight centuries old: Mary was given not only to John, but to the ...

I was a young female. I wanted to paint young females. And I was being told that I was never going to have a career if I did ...

but in the art, they are gathered together under one roof. They include scholars like Aristotle, Plato and Pythagoras. This Renaissance masterpiece depicts the Virgin Mary, the Christ Child ...

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the Scripture), 'I thirst.' A jar full of sour wine ...

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Romania Cultural Season 2024–2025, we dive into the surprising depth of Polish-Romanian connections across language, history, and art. From shared Slavic roots in Romanian vocabulary and Polish traces ...

Mannerism developed during the late Renaissance. This painting tells a variation on a ... John will be executed and Jesus will be crucified. Elizabeth and Mary share their distress, and the two angels ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in ...

‘All generations will call me blessed': ‘The Church's devotion ... an ‘epitome of the whole Gospel,' express this devotion to the Virgin Mary." 1 1. CCC, 971. The internal quotes are from ...

It’s also why the rosary is one of the most widely used prayers — including publicly for the pope — and why popular devotions to the Virgin Mary, including processions and festivals ...