Inquiring minds want to know...

John Augustine (aka Amphibious Goat) wants to know: "Can anyone explain to me why St. John tends to look like a girl in Western Catholic art?"

Well, any male youth with no facial hair might look a bit effeminate next to a bunch of old grizzly-bearded guys. Tradition holds that John was a very young man at the time of Christ -- which might occur to those who also know that John was the last surviving apostle.