Paul Badde may have discovered the original painting of Our Lady by St. Luke

Paul Badde is a journalist and author who has been specially blessed with some stunning discoveries. For some reason, it has come to him to help Christianity recover amazing images and items of our beloved Catholic faith. He also played a historic role in helping to thwart the papal election of Jorge Bergoglio in 2005.

LifeSiteNews has mentioned in the past Badde’s report on the discovery of the Holy Face of Manoppello, a veil that contains an imprint of the face of Jesus Christ and stems most probably from the moment of His Resurrection. It is a silken veil that is kept in a church in the Abruzzo mountains of Italy and that contains no traces of paint on it. That is to say, it is not man-made. Due to Badde’s discoveries, it was none other than Pope Benedict XVI who, in 2006, made a pilgrimage to this true face of Our Lord. -- More...

But not only that. Among other things, Badde was able to locate in Jerusalem the very judgement stone upon which Jesus Christ Himself might have been judged by Pontius Pilate on Good Friday. It is an exciting story, and LifeSite recommends that our readers listen to it here. 

  In his latest great discovery, Paul Badde has been able to locate the painting that, most probably, Saint Luke himself painted of Our Lady. The painting is the mother painting and icon of many other paintings in the West and in the East that have the reputation of being related to St. Luke.

Paul Badde even goes so far as to say that this was the beginning of the Christian West’s abandonment of the Jewish ban on images of God and human beings. This original painting is called “Advocata,” and it is to be found in a hidden monastery on Monte Mario in Rome. Since the 11th century, it has had the reputation of being been painted by St. Luke.