Contemporary artists are co-opting the visual tropes of romantic rural scenes and bringing them to uncanny new ends in the ...

This 600-year-old ‘Crucifixion’ fresco has been restored to its original splendor, thanks to the support of U.S. nonprofit ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his crosier as he celebrates Mass “for the care of creation” on the grounds of the Borgo Laudato Si’ ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "The Trinity:" 232. "Christians are baptized 'in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit' [Mt 28:19.] Before receiving the ...

The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation this way: "Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy the same rights, and are under the same obligations.

Art, architecture and design news. Criticism and reviews from co-chief art critics Roberta Smith and Holland Cotter and architecture critic Michael Kimmelman.