This is Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, a painting recently attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 – 1610), which ...

A partnership between the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and the Italian Embassy in India has brought "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy" ...

Sumptuous objects tell the story of chinoiserie in a New York exhibition — though its feminist thesis is tendentious ...

The exhibition of Renaissance painter Caravaggio’s “Magdalene in Ecstasy” at KNMA, Delhi, presents the opportunity of a ...

When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven ...

TEHRAN--The use of Persian carpets in papal funeral proceedings may seem like a surprising choice—that is, to those unaware ...

For over 600 years carpets from Turkey and Iran have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by artists, including Andrea del Verrochio, to indicate a carefully defined, sacred space ...

The use of Persian carpets in papal funeral proceedings may seem like a surprising choice—that is, to those unaware of the ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Cardinal Roger Mahony has repeatedly apologized for his handling of clerical sexual abuse in Los Angeles. In 2013, internal ...