In Jerusalem on Holy Wednesday, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land venerate the two stones that, according to the Gospel of Luke, were stained with the blood of Jesus during his passion. The ...

The highly regarded 1572 painting depicting The Flagellation of Christ by Florentine artist Stefano Pieri, has been returned to its traditional home in the main sacristy of St John’s Co-Cathedral. The ...

103.2 x 127.4 cm. (40.6 x 50.2 in.) A 17th-century copy after a lost painting by Francesco Vanni that was once in the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, of which preparatory drawings and ...

An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday reminded the faithful all over the country not to engage in crucifixion and self-flagellation in honoring the ...

The Indiana University Art Museum returned the painting The Flagellation of Christ to the Jagdschloss Grunewald in Berlin on Monday. (Indiana University/Associated Press) A 15th century religious ...

Vol. 161, No. 1395, Restoring Vermeer’s ‘Young woman reading a letter at an open window’ (June 2019), pp. 488-491 (4 pages) Published By: Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd. Founded in 1903, The ...

As the liturgical calendar reaches its climactic moment of Holy Week, where the mystery of the Passion, death and resurrection of Christ is celebrated by all Christians, it seemed more than proper to ...

Responding to acts of extreme corporal mortification during Holy Week, Catholic bishops in the Philippines have discouraged practices such as self-flagellation and crucifixion in favor of more ...

Father Alessandro Coniglio, who presided over the Mass, emphasized to CNA that “the mystery of the blood of Christ is at the heart of Holy Week. On Holy Wednesday, the friars of the Custody of the ...