The Reverend James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, on what Catholics can take away from the Met’s Heavenly Bodies exhibition

Curator Andrew Bolton’s Costume Institute blockbuster is pointlessly offensive to believers

The museum's annual gala show examines how the Catholic Church’s aesthetics have influenced designers

His documentation of the Iranian Revolution in his home country sparked a career-long fascination with the world’s major faiths

The stormtrooper on a cross is part of an exhibition due to open to the public on Thursday

Shrine was shut amid escalation of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities

Shepard Fairey, Peter Kennard and Emily Young among those who back singer after she was branded an anti-semitic bigot in a full-page advert in the Washington Post

Interfaith network says that its efforts are more difficult—and urgent—since President Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem’s status

The Russian church and state-sponsored art grow ever closer through concurrent Soviet-themed exhibitions in Moscow

€2m restoration of eight marble outer walls took 21 months

Artists return to sacred themes within the commercial setting of the fair

Artist Abdulnasser Gharem filmed "life-drawing" class in school that he founded

Frescoes recently found in the church may date back to the sixth century, which would make them the oldest Christian paintings in the country

A four-screen video work by Bill Viola to be unveiled this month is the first in a series of installations reflecting on the role of religion in Britain

But heritage groups say the funds fall far short of the real cost of restoration

The country’s monasteries and mosques have no place in the Caliphate

Ostensibly an art project that is Iceland’s official contribution to the biennale, it also served as an authentic house of worship visited by more than 100 Muslims a day

The union of devotional imagery and religious observance was a comfort