We Are All Cleophas   Henry Ossawa Tanner († 1937), an African American, was born in Pittsburgh in 1859, three years before the abolition of

This stained-glass window was produced at the very end of the 13th century for the Cistercian abbey in Altenberg, not far from Cologne in Germany. The

“For all of us, may the Jubilee be an opportunity to be renewed in hope!” (Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee Year 2025). Among the

“Hope does not disappoint” (Rom 5:5) is the theme of the Jubilee that the pope has proclaimed, making the year 2025 a Holy Year. Now “the

This work by Maurice Denis is a sketch made for the decoration of the Church of Saint Nicasius of Reims (France). Construction of this sublime art-deco

Simon Vouet (1590–1649) is considered the most important French painter of the first half of the 17th century. Before returning to France in 1627, he spent a

In 1580, Saint Turibius became Archbishop of Lima (Peru), at that time the largest archdiocese in history, extending from Nicaragua to Tierra del Fuego. First he

September is back-to-school month, which means parish religious education programs are about to resume. Christian mothers in particular will be requested to assume with their

Juan Martin Cabezalero was born in 1645 (not in 1634 as indicated by the Prado Museum). Had it not been for his premature death in 1673,

At the age of twenty, in 1538, Jacopo Robusti (c. 1518–1594)—nicknamed Tintoretto—set up his studio in Venice, in the San Polo district, beside the Grand Canal.