Peter Paul Rubens, the Flemish master whose brushstroke ... boasts four alone including The Elevation of the Cross and The Descent from the Cross. The paintings are immense: the former measures 462 x ...

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991 ... "Sit here while I go over there and pray." He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to feel ...

Pope John Paul ... the descent of the Holy Spirit. This was, in essence, the institution of the sacrament of confirmation. The disciples can now go forth and boldly proclaim the Gospel as Peter ...

As some of you perhaps know, I was in Rome earlier this month, providing commentary for various news networks who were ...

The Way of the Cross, also known as the Stations of the Cross, are a way to pray and meditate on Christ's sacrifice for us. It is divided into fourteen stations from the time He was condemned to ...

According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this ...

The Christian loves to follow the Way of the Cross in the Savior's footsteps. The Stations, from the Prætorium to Golgotha and the tomb, trace the passion and death of Christ, who by his holy ...

From St. Paul to St. Augustine, the language of ‘bread’ doesn’t deny the Real Presence — it points to the deeper reality of ...

Rev. Paul Nicholson, S.J., begins his homily for the Ascension with a striking image from Medieval art: Jesus’ feet dangling ...

If you are the Son of God, come down from the Cross". So also the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel ...

The sale achieved a 62% sell through rate and made new auction records for Luis Meléndez and Frans Post. When one thinks of any Golden Age, the first thing that comes to mind is the 17th-century ...