a Korean woman who rose to high rank in 17th century Japan only to earn the moniker of “tragic Christian” for refusing to renounce her faith. The Hagi Museum in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture ...

Through the sixteenth century, many Christian missionaries arrived here ... The Christ Child as Good Shepherd, Goa, India, 17th century, Ivory. Image courtesy of The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore ...

The 17th-century Sainte-Ursule Chapel at the famous Sorbonne University is a silent, timeless witness to Paris’ Christian ...

In 1573 Pope Pius V instituted the feast in thanksgiving for the decisive victory of Christianity over Islamism. Near the end of the 17th century, Emperor Leopold I of Austria took refuge in the ...