The pope was impressed by Schmalz’s “radical representation of Jesus,” he said, and in 2019, he was asked to create a massive sculpture emphasizing the plight of migrants and refugees, also ...

The pope and the painter are now connected by the cover, for all time. “It was a huge honor for me to be able to do that painting, it really was,” Siler said. “It was awesome.” ...

On Monday morning, the world learned that Pope Francis passed away at age 88, marking the end of his 12-year papacy. The funeral, held Saturday in Vatican City's St. Peter's Square, will remember ...

W hen Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, headlines understandably focused on his role as a global spiritual leader. As the proprietor in trust of the Vatican's library and art ...

“Pain is depicted there with serenity,” said Pope Francis of his favorite painting, Marc Chagall’s White Crucifixion. He’s right. The 1938 painting, which Chagall, then living in France ...

Virginia Raguin, College of the Holy Cross In his first general audience in Rome, Pope Leo XIV referred to Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sower at Sunset” and called it a symbol of hope. A ...

Pope Francis' favorite painting was Marc Chagall's "White Crucifixion." Here's what the Nazi-era artwork teaches about the late pontiff.