Her latest book published by Word on Fire is The Mary Pages: An Atheist’s Journey to the Mother of God. Although raised in an atheist household, as a child she saw images of the Blessed Virgin ...

The Venerable Bede (673-735), Benedictine monk, historian, and scholar, wrote of the white lily as the emblem of the Blessed Virgin; the white petals ... Likewise, the Mary Gardens depicted in ...

thou art the honor of our people," really refers to Mary. 9 Esther is another Marian typology. "The truth corresponding to [the] figure of Esther" is the story of Mary's role in our redemption.

Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed ... The Black Madonna—a revered painting of a dark-skinned Virgin Mary and Child Jesus, said to be the work of St. Luke—is housed ...

Art historians studying a painting by Pablo Picasso have uncovered the mysterious portrait of a woman, hidden beneath its surface. The portrait of the woman was lost when Picasso painted over it ...

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction ... with a prayer running across both panels: “May the Virgin Mary bless / Us with her holy offspring.” “You can actually ...

Historic women artists, wrote the art historian Pamela Gerrish Nunn in ... for the English 17th-century professional portraitist Mary Beale (1633-99). To continue the “doorstep” epithet ...

Some students and Catholic community members plan to hold a Rosary Rally to protest the piece, which the artist said they ...

Today, we bring you a new installment of our focus challenges, in which we ask you to spend uninterrupted time looking at one piece of art. We’ll now feature these on the first Monday of each ...

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 ...

Jakarta. Former Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri presented a painting of the Virgin Mary to Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on Friday afternoon. The painting depicted ...

Coronation Street spoilers follow from ... When Roy Cropper gave evidence painting Lauren as a kind and caring person, Brie waded in to protest otherwise. She caused a scene by claiming that ...