Caravaggio, the 17th-century Italian painter who mastered the play of dark atmospheres and light, was known for his impulsive, hot-tempered, and combative nature. His life was reportedly filled with ...

Artists and cultural figures must be "custodians of the beatitudes," embracing their vocation to create beauty, reveal truth ...

Frassati, born in 1901 in Turin, Italy, died at the young age of 24, after contracting polio, 100 years ago this July. A ...

In a homily read by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, artists were urged to be “witnesses to the revolutionary vision of the Beatitudes.” ...

I wanted to make my research accessible to a larger audience—particularly to share some groundbreaking findings on one of ...

One of the most famous paintings of a Biblical scene is Caravaggio’s ‘The Calling of St. Matthew’. This painting shows the moment when Jesus called Matthew, an ordinary tax collector ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In its first direct criticism of the Trump administration, North Korea lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue” state and warned ...

This time, one of the most senior knights of the Order of St John, Rodomonte Roero. Once more, Caravaggio was “sulla sua bicicletta”, this time hot-footing it down to Naples with a literal Knight ...

A Pennsylvania middle school teacher has resigned after being accused of calling a Muslim seventh grader a “terrorist.” “The teacher has submitted her resignation which was approved earlier ...

What a one for the ages movie scene this would have been: A meeting in the very early 1980s between Yves Saint Laurent, the undisputed (if oftentimes dissolute) king of Paris haute couture ...

Matthew Huttle, 42, was shot and killed on Sunday when police pulled his vehicle over, and he allegedly resisted and ended up in an "altercation" with an officer, an Indiana State Police (ISP ...

Former Premier League referee David Coote has come out as gay in an emotional interview - two months after explosive videos emerged of him and ended his career. Coote told The Sun that he ...