and in order to understand the origins of Catholic identity, it examines the nature of "Baroque Catholicism"--including the significance of pilgrimages, processions, confraternities, and other ...

Emerging in Italy during the late 16th century, the Baroque style of architecture was part of the Catholic Church’s strategy ...

To see intricate Baroque Spanish architecture ... then the mission is a perfect manifestation of Spanish Catholicism in the late 18th century.” San Xavier del Bac has two stories – the ...