The 1969 Roman Calendar reform recovered Jan. 1 as the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. This is among the oldest feasts associated with the Octave Day of Christmas and reaffirms a basic truth that ...

SAINTS & ART: Two masterpieces, centuries apart, reflect a theological insight centuries old: Mary was given not only to John, but to the entire Church. Rogier van der Weyden, “Christ on the Cross ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents works from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. Every second Sunday in May, we honor motherhood with flower bouquets, ...

Depictions of the Dormition of Mary are perplexing to a viewer ignorant of their meaning. Until recently, this ignorance was my condition. I only became aware of it while spending some mornings in an ...

Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 37 (Sale info: To Be Auctioned). A three fourths length, of full size, on canvas. A book is lying open before him,--his hands interlocked, with energy,--his ...

A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.