This is Italian artist Titian's depiction of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ with Moses at the upper left, Elijah at the upper right and the Apostles Peter, James and John in the foreground.

It's a New Testament story that's been inspiring the faithful for centuries: On Mount Tabor in Galilee, a cloud appears, Jesus becomes radiant and, in a miracle the Apostles are sworn to keep secret, ...

"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels ...

A word acquires a more precise meaning in a sentence of which it is an integral part. The Transfiguration is reported by the writers of the three synoptic Gospels in very similar terms. Yet each ...

On the Second Sunday of Lent, the Holy Father encouraged the faithful to ‘recognize the light of God’s love.’ Pope Francis waves to the crowd in St. Peter's Square on March 5, during his Sunday ...

The transfiguration of Christ reminds us that Jesus is the light who can overcome any darkness in our lives, Pope Benedict said March 4. “Dear brothers and sisters, we all have need of interior light ...

The major feast day of the Church commemorating the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ recounted in the Bible’s New Testament has its roots in the Old Testament account of how Moses’ face was positively ...

May 27—Described in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ was an affirmation to the Disciples Peter, James and John that Jesus was the Son of God and the old law ...