"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Aert De Gelder’s ‘Baptism of Christ’, painted in 1710, has caused hysteria among alien hunters as it appears to show a UFO above Christ. In the painting, John the Baptist can be seen baptising Christ ...

Left: David Hockney standing beside his painting My Parents (1977), in the same year that he created it, with Piero della Francesca’s The Baptism of Christ (around ...

As Jordan launches preparations for the 2030 Jubilee of Christ's baptism, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa calls for spiritual renewal. The back of the Latin church dedicated to the baptism of Jesus, ...

The Archbishop of Westminster is wrong about returning Piero della Francesca's Baptism of Christ to a church - religious art does not only belong to the faithful Religion inspires great art. But hang ...

A hefty tome about the National Gallery in London comes hot on the heels of the museum’s 200th anniversary celebrations. The National Gallery: Paintings, People, Portraits, published this month by ...

The Baptism of Jesus by John in the River Jordan which we celebrate today is one of the most important stories in the New Testament. It was also regarded by the early Church as a Feast Day of ...

Today we keep the feast of the Baptism of Christ. It’s somewhat ironic that for most of us, the day of our baptism is not something that we remember. Most of us were babies when our parents brought us ...