Even seemingly small ... the Italian Jesuit who founded the “Seminary of Painters” in Kumamoto, Japan, around 1590, combines a traditional Japanese gilt and mother-of-pearl shrine with a painting of a ...

This criticism mirrors the ongoing controversy surrounding two bronze statues ... Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting, according to Britannica, especially in scenes depicting the Madonna and ...

Argentina-born Francis prayed in the basilica early on March 14, 2013, the day after he became the first Latin American pope.

Pope Francis was laid to rest in a location that reflected his humble approach to the grand office. Breaking with tradition, ...

Before reaching the chapel entrance, there is a statue of Mary ... "Just beyond the sculpture of the Queen of Peace, there's a small recess, a door that leads to a room where candelabras were ...

The procession passed the Colosseum, the ancient Roman amphitheatre that is one of Italy’s most iconic sites ... the chapel entrance, there is a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, commissioned ...

Finding the statue of him that forms its centrepiece ... he would pray before a Byzantine icon of the Madonna and Child Jesus in the basilica’s Pauline chapel [named for the aforementioned ...