Faith · Observations · Mores
In Catholicism, on the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, it is the custom to wear black vestments with special decoration. This particular liturgical occasion is accompanied by the symbolism of skeletons, the fires of purgatory, decay, transience and even coffins. Modern culture would call this aesthetic “gloomy”, which, however,
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Have you ever heard of Mexican Baroque? Before you are two paintings on the theme of the Annunciation by Cristóbal de Villalpando of Mexico City, the most brilliant representative of Mexican Baroque art.
In the Press · Faith · Science
Thousands of hours have gone into the study of the Shroud: professionals from a variety of fields have examined the tiniest particles of pollen, microscopic fragments of stone, the details of photographs and X-rays of the cloth, its weave and much else besides. This is not the first study
NB! · Faith · Art · Madrid · Museums
Detail of the Annunciation (the Madrid version, the best known), painted by Fra Beato Angelico in 1435. Look at the wing of the Archangel Gabriel and imagine the level of mastery of a Dominican friar of the early fifteenth century
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A study by a community organisation based in Durham shows that over the past 10 years the Church of England has stopped using the word church for its new parishes, preferring words such as community or congregation. According to the findings, not one of the churches opened in England in
Archive · Faith · Art · Books
The Woman Clothed with the Sun, with the Moon under Her Feet, Who Gave Her Child up to Heaven and Fled into the Wilderness from the Seven-Headed Dragon, from a Magnificently Illustrated Netherlandish Apocalypse of the Fifteenth Century. The text cited is the Revelation of St John the Divine,
Faith · Heritage · Society
On the night of 14 to 15 August, unknown persons destroyed a historic monument in the northern French town of Le Tréport: a stone cross of the early 17th century. That the act of vandalism took place on the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God,
Architecture · Faith · Art · Heritage
Hurricane Beryl, which struck Texas last month, has badly damaged the chapel decorated by Mark Rothko. The ceiling and walls of the chapel were flooded, and three of the artist's paintings were damaged. Commissioned by Dominique and John de Menil, philanthropists and art collectors from France, Rothko painted
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When Stalin visited his aged mother shortly before her death in October 1935, according to her doctor's recollections, they spoke briefly and Stalin tried to explain what it was that he did. "Mother, do you remember our Tsar? I am something like a tsar now," said
Faith · The East · Society
The French Interior Minister has said that, on account of the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which Catholics celebrate on 15 August, France is at its highest level of security threat since 24 March, following the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow. Darmanin
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