In 1979 when Pope John Paul II visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, he acknowledged the enduring appeal of this unique portrait, addressing the Virgin directly: “When the first ... the ...

PARIS — France’s Catholic Church on Friday said that it had asked prosecutors to investigate a raft of sexual abuse accusations against a charity icon who ... After a first battery of ...

The icon was brought to Rome towards the end of the fifteenth century by a pious merchant, who, dying there, ordered by his will that the picture ... the first Our Lady of Perpetual Help church ...

With their picturesque villages, spectacular views and cosy mountain restaurants, not to mention glittering snowflakes dancing in the crisp clean air, ski resorts seem designed with charm and romance ...

Archaeologists believe they found a residence of medieval ruler Harold Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. A nearby church and toilet were vital clues.

Tents, especially Islamic tents were among the most prized gifts in diplomatic exchanges and the most sought-after spoils on ...

The cars Broad Arrow is proud to present at Retromobile include: 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa (Estimate: €5.500.000 - €7.500.000) The star of the display will be the 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa, ...

Father Keith Higginbotham, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church in Huntsville and ... returning to fine art — my first love — as a career,” Jones said. “I hesitate to call my sacred images ‘icons, ...

A bejeweled icon ... the sixth century. We carefully circle a section of floor cut open to reveal the earliest incarnation of the church, built in the 330s on orders of Rome’s first Christian ...

From the first formulations of faith ... Mary is the "eschatological icon of the Church" (CCC 972), meaning the Church contemplates in Mary her own end of times. The definition of the dogma ...

A 13th-century fresco ... to the Benedictine convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara, where the fresco was painted—may have given such a tent. “At first, it seemed unbelievable ...

Archaeologists have uncovered “conclusive physical evidence” of the first church site, circa 1610, in Hampton in what is the ...