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Christian devotees from the Philippines were nailed to a cross on Friday in a reenactment of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion in ...
In 2014, art historian Mina Gregori said she had found 17th century painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's 'Magdalene in ...
The recently restored Ponte Sant’Angelo in Rome features 10 angels holding symbols of Christ’s passion, creating a profound ...
One of the most important episodes in the Bible, Christ’s last meal with his twelve apostles has long been a popular subject ...
The Limbourg brothers, Herman, Paul, and Jean, born between 1385 and 1388, were Dutch painters from Nijmegen, but they were ...
Few European cities have a history as culturally rich as Weimar, once home to Goethe, a giant of world literature It is ...
A new map created by theologian John Walsh traces the final moments of Jesus’ life, combining biblical accounts and ...
A Jesuit priest discusses how Christian tattooing started shortly after Jesus’ crucifixion and spread across Europe in later ...
In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...
As Christians worldwide prepare to commemorate the most sacred day in the Christian calendar, the Museum of the Bible in ...
Every year on Good Friday, Christians meditate on the depth of Jesus’ sacrifice for us in suffering a humiliating, bloody death by crucifixion. It’s a time to dwell on what Jesus suffered for us, in ...
When Steven Woloshin, an American doctor, first saw the 600-year-old fresco of the Crucifixion by Renaissance master Fra Angelico inside a cloistered convent in January last year, he was blown away.