That is one vocation story. What’s yours? This Caravaggio masterpiece, along with “The Conversion of St. Matthew” and “The Martyrdom of St. Matthew,” hangs in the church of the congregation of San ...

Saint Paul, by the Circle of Claus de Werve, Netherlandish, ca. 1420–30. Source: The MET, New York Conversion on the Way to Damascus, by Caravaggio, 1600-1601.

He used the Greek word “parrhesia,” describing how St. Paul addressed St. Peter at what ... he called them to conversion. The church is terrible at human resource management.

The unveiling of a single commission—Caravaggio’s two works on the life of Saint Matthew—introduced ... and paintings such as the dazzling Conversion of the Magdalene, would mark the first ...

The story of Paul (as he became once he believed) is perhaps the most famous conversion—certainly in the Bible ... membrane dividing heaven from Earth is narrower there. In 563 AD, Saint Columba ...

101.6 x 127.7 cm. (40 x 50.3 in.) ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, “Hope,” Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He ...

He recalled that during his travels to Rome as a cardinal, he prayed in front of the painting by Caravaggio – “The Calling of Saint Matthew.” The painting is found in the chapel dedicated to ...