Charles Borromeo's spirituality was heavily influenced by the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola. These exercises ...

At Hyperallergic, we strive to make art more inclusive ... And as the vanitas theme transmuted into the vernacular of the Catholic Baroque, the French painter Phillippe de Champaigne — vanitas ...

Lasting for 150 years, the Baroque period of architecture, music, and art influenced churches ... the Baroque style of architecture was part of the Catholic Church’s strategy to bring people back to ...

where Baroque art originated. These paintings, many commissioned by the Catholic Church at the time, brim with dark, intense emotion and powerful drama, and feature still lifes and portraits of ...

Formally known as the Cathedra Sancti Petri Apostoli, or more simply as Cathedra Petri, the chair has held a revered place in ...

St. John Lateran's facade bears the Latin inscription of "Mother and Head of all the Churches in the City and the World." ...

“Much was lost while São Paulo baroque was less valued,” says art historian Mozart Costa, a professor of artistic restoration at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-SP) and the City University of ...

February 28, 2024 • Frederick Ballentine is an American tenor whose awards include a Grammy for his recording of George Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS. The opera star exudes a sense of ease ...

Bearing witness to centuries of history, these Gothic, Romanesque or Baroque monuments are uniquely recognizable by their ...

Travelers’ videos on TikTok have been going viral for revealing what it’s really like to visit Rome at the moment.

The match was not popular with England’s Parliament, given that Catherine was—like Charles I’s French wife, Henrietta Maria—a Roman Catholic. In any case, the marriage was concluded ...

“It would be good for you to socialize with someone. Even the pedophiles!” ...