St. Bernard of Montjoux, ora pro nobis We offer our prayers and sincere condolences for the victims of the deadly fire during a New Year cel...

The Adoration of the Magi Neapolitan School* January opens the year with spectacle, yet not without meaning. Its light is restrained, but th...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight  by John Howe (1995) “Why should I hesitate? Against a hard and dire fate what can a man do but try?” ~  Sir...

HRH was born in Rome in 2005 Photo courtesy of Real Casa di Borbone Happy Birthday, Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess o...

Janus — god of beginnings, endings and thresholds. The month of January is named after him. Marble bust, Vatican (Photo by New York Scugnizz...

(L-R)  Beato Carlo Magno,  Beata Maria Cristina di Savoia, and  Sant’Agata     January is the month the Church dedicates to the Most Holy Na...

In Gioiosa Jonica

(Top, L-R) Remembering Marie Antoinette; canonization of Bartolo Longo; and the painting of Queen Maria Sofia di Wittelsbach. (Center) Priva...

Death and Father Time walking hand in hand , The Anatomist's Vade Mecum: A System of Human Anatomy  (1840) by Sir William James Erasmus ...

Sunrise , 1887, oil on canvas, George Inness This post accompanies images from the Brooklyn Museum’s permanent collection and the surroundin...

Palazzo Ducale , 1908, oil on canvas, Claude Monet This post accompanies images from the “Monet and Venice” exhibition, focusing on the work...