When Mary Lou Williams arrived at Duke in 1977 as the University’s first artist-in-residence, she was already an icon in the ...

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But Mary gained millions of new Catholic followers with the Spanish ... Millions of pilgrims trek there to see the Black Madonna, an icon believed to bestow miracles upon the faithful.

The Lamb of Christ, found on an altar at Saint Patrick’s Basilica, represents Jesus’s devotion to guiding and leading the Christian people to salvation. In Ancient Greek and Roman pagan traditions, ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs was listed as a billionaire by Forbes. How did Diddy acquire so much wealth? And what is the current state of his assets? Take a look.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church ponders the deeper ... of her Son who still journey on earth" (LG). Mary is the "eschatological icon of the Church" (CCC 972), meaning the Church contemplates ...

J. Samuel “Sam” Hammond served as the University’s carillonneur, playing the carillon, a pitched percussion instrument, in ...

Have you ever thought about the history of your favorite drink? Many iconic drinks, especially cocktails, are actually named ...

I am surely not the only child who was stressed to see Catholic calendars displaying images of Jesus adorned with an anatomically explicit, occasionally bleeding, heart.

The Holy Doors of the basilicas of Rome, the beautiful churches, the countryside around Assisi, the gelato and the pasta and ...

The art of ivory and bone carving in Asia, particularly in India and the Philippines, has a rich history influenced by the ...

Broadway star and Philly native Mary Kate “MK” Morrissey, who plays Elphaba in “Wicked," took a day off from the theater to ...