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Détail - Christ en Croix - Rubens

Daniel Esparza

A lost Rubens Crucifixion reappears, with its one unique detail

V. M. Traverso

Historians identify a new painting by Artemisia Gentileschi

V. M. Traverso

London’s National Gallery buys mysterious altarpiece for $20M

Iglesia de san Pedro en Andahuaylillas, la Capilla Sixtina del Perú

Majo Frias

San Pedro in Andahuaylillas, the Sistine Chapel of Peru

The Martyrdome of Apotheosis, inside Saint Pantaleone's, in Venice

V. M. Traverso

Journey to Venice’s hidden ceiling masterpiece

Daniel Esparza

Discovering the Monastery of Santiago de Uclés

Camille Dalmas

A monument to a pope, an emperor, and a pharaoh

The Baroque architecture of Convento de Sao Francisco Church in Salvador, BA, Brazil with its altars, walls, and images covered with 24k gold

Daniel Esparza

The Baroque masterpiece of Salvador de Bahia

Daniel Esparza

The religious depth of Baroque still-life paintings

Art Historians discover long lost Baroque painting from Artemisia Gentileschi

V. M. Traverso

How art historians found a lost work by Baroque master Artemisia Gentileschi

SITGES

Daniel Esparza

A church by the seaside: Sitges’ St. Thecla

Susza odsłoniła ruiny zatopionego kościoła w Meksyku

Daniel Esparza

Baroque church emerges from drought-stricken reservoir

Daniel Esparza

This church supplanted Hagia Sophia as world’s largest cathedral

Daniel Esparza

The tapestries of St. John’s Co-Cathedral are back on display

Daniel Esparza

Caravaggio’s ‘Judith and Holofernes’ visits the US

Daniel Esparza

The Getty Museum buys a Baroque masterpiece by Carracci

LAS MENINAS, DIEGO VELAZQUES

Daniel Esparza

She donated a painting to her parish church. It was a masterpiece.

TERESA OF AVILA,DEVIL

Daniel Esparza

Dallas Museum pays tribute to the Holy Women of the Spanish Empire

ECSTASY OF SAINT TERESA

V. M. Traverso

This famous sculpture depicts the ecstasy of St. Teresa of Avila

SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS

Daniel Esparza

Listen to Loreena McKennitt’s 1994 rendition of St. John of the Cross’ “Dark Night of the Soul”

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Today is 100th anniversary of the First Saturday devotion

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Vatican inspires Michael Bublé’s “renewed sense of faith”

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Jennifer Garner’s viral tears teach a tender lesson

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Michael Bublé reveals what helps keep his marriage strong

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Did the Magi enter the Holy House in Loreto?

Bublé gets Pope to sing along in delightful Vatican concert (Watch)

Bublé gets Pope to sing along in delightful Vatican concert (Watch)

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