Lauded in the world’s two largest religions as the mother of God’s Chosen One—for Muslims a great prophet and for Christians ...

You may put truth in a grave; it won’t stay there. You may nail the truth to a cross and shut it up in a tomb; the truth will rise — as Jesus Christ rose on Easter morning.” The resurrection ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...

Far more realistic is John’s much simpler account: "In the early morning darkness, Mary Magdalene went all alone to weep for Jesus at the borrowed garden tomb. Horrified to find it open and ...

A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said "Franciscus" – the pope's name in Latin – inside the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

Overwhelmed by emotion, Mary stood at the empty tomb sobbing because someone had taken the body of Jesus. She was not celebrating a risen Savior; she was devastated because “they have taken away ...

and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the sepulchre. Lord Jesus Christ, in your burial you have taken on ...

like the apostles grieving over the death of Jesus.” A man takes images of the tomb of Pope Francis as faithful are allowed inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 27, 2025.

Jesus has made it a passage into another life, just like we are born from our mother's womb to a new existence (1 Corinthians 15:55). The womb of Mary, the cross and empty tomb are connected.

So, that’s where the earthquake theory kicks in too. In the gospel, Mary Magdalene supposedly visited the tomb where Jesus' body had been buried and found the stone had been removed. Now, while people ...

ROME, Italy — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica ... over the death of Jesus.” ...