A year later, “The Calling of Saint Matthew” and “The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew,” depicting the beginning and the end of the apostle Matthew’s ministry, were installed. The motto that ...

ROME — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of ...

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

From the Pilgrims’ Madonna at the Basilica of St. Augustine to the Martyrdom of St. Ursula that ... Three paintings about St. Matthew are in San Luigi dei Francesi church. Two blocks away ...

Pope Leo XIV has advanced the sainthood causes of two missionaries whose murders in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador led to the ...

Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world ...

The Bible recounts how a Roman soldier pierced Jesus' side with a spear during the crucifixion to confirm his death, but it never names him.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond will ordain seven men to the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of New Orleans at a Mass of ...