O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet… Although Juliet had other things on her mind than philosophy when she uttered these ...

The buyer sent the painting to Simon Gillespie Studio for a restoration, where it was confirmed that the 17th-century woman was indeed the artist behind the work. Artemisia Gentileschi's David and ...

Photo taken by author, at the Madonna Della Strada Chapel at Loyola University Chicago. Iesus Christus, α et ω, principium et finis, filius Dei et hominis, Salvator ...

SINCE the Church of England voted 17 years ago to admit women to the priesthood, disenchanted individual members of the 80m-strong worldwide Anglican Communion have been quietly converting to Roman ...

The Counter-Reformation of the mid-16th century was a Roman Catholic call for reform in the wake of immoral papal policies. The Church struck back with banned books and inquisitions against heresy – ...

H.A. Hellyer is senior non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and the Royal United Services Institute. He is the author of A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road Beyond Revolt and co-author of the ...

Hard not to think, when contemplating Mel Gibson's new movie about Jesus, of the conversation in the Saturday night queue at the multiplex in Peoria, Romford, or wherever. "Oh, bugger, it's sold out.

Two dates in October tell the story of a divided Christendom. October 11, 1962, marks the beginning of the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church. October 31, 1517, signals the coming of ...

For years, the dramatic paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi, a Catholic artist of the Counter-Reformation, were misattributed to male artists – most often her father, Orazio, who was also a painter.