The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

Holy Thursday celebrates the institution of the Eucharist as the true body and blood of Jesus Christ and the ... betray him and hand him over to the Roman soldiers. Around the world, Bishops ...

The city has an opportunity to build an international attraction that would resonate for generations to come, Warren told a crowd of supporters at the Bears current home, 100-year-old Soldier Field.

So in the 4th century, they created a rival festival to mark Jesus' birth: Christmas. The Bible doesn't explicitly state the date on which Jesus was born, and many theologians place his birth in ...

At that time: Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons ...

… At the end the painter asked me what I thought about it. I was not able to articulate any judgement… I only had the vague intuition that that pasty magma was sheltering the energy of a volcano about ...

A 19th century painting which was reported missing at the end of 2015 has been returned to the presidential palace.

I’m interested in those of Jesus on the cross ... in an extreme manner. Roman flagellation was one of the most feared of all punishments. It was a form of brutal, inhumane punishment generally ...

Caiaphas was the high priest from 18-36 AD who condemned Jesus and had him sent to Pilate, who was the Roman governor of Judaea at the time. A number of priests made up the Sanhedrin, the supreme ...