A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

A History of Photography” showcases Robert Mapplethorpe, Man Ray and other big names, but the important exhibition is so much ...

Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the ...

And it had a very big shot as its patron: Florence had St John the Baptist, who was big, but the Sienese had the Virgin Mary herself. Duccio, The Transfiguration, 1307/8-11 National Gallery ...

But researchers found that “the tooth was actually from the 5th century AD and could not have belonged to John the Baptist,” a spokesperson for the Art Institute says, citing results of tests ...

The second episode of legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese's Fox Nation series "The Saints" focuses on John the Baptist, a pillar of Christianity and the patron saint of converts.

PARMA, Ohio -- Rumors about the future of Parma’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist have been persistent. Now the future of the roughly 20-some acre church and former school has become a little ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was difficult for everybody, changing how we live our day-to-day lives, access to and the cost of essential goods, our relationships and how we communicate in them, and more ...

The Tretyakov’s current director, Elena Pronicheva, who was appointed in 2023 and whose father had been a top official of the Federal Security Service (FSB) under Vladimir Putin, has not ...

Devout Catholics walk, dressed in dried banana leaves, towards the church of Saint John the Baptist during the mud festival at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Monday, June 24 ...

Rome Newsroom, Jun 24, 2024 / 04:00 am. St. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the ...

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a man in connection with a homicide earlier this week in Garyville. One person was shot, and another was killed Tuesday on Sherman Walker ...