On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day, a solemnity, is a relatively new ...

Mary: Assumed into Heaven Jan Frans Beschey, “Assumption of the Virgin” (c. 1750-1767) (photo: Public Domain) Mark Shea Blogs May 27, 2016 ...

Officials at Nyaruguru District have expressed the need for more investors in the hospitality sector as Kibeho holy land continues to record increased numbers of pilgrims. The message was delivered on ...

The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated by Catholics each year on Aug. 15. The day celebrates the assumption of Mary's body and soul into heaven.

A full-length figure of the Virgin Mary, dressed in robes and standing on clouds and a crescent moon. Her hands are folded on her chest, proper right over proper left. At her feet, are the heads and ...

Pope Francis greets visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to pray the Angelus Aug. 15, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On the feast of Mary’s assumption into ...

August 15th is a holy day of obligation celebrating the Assumption of Mary, body and soul into heaven. On November 1, 1950 Pope Pius XII declared in Munificentissimus Deus (“The Most Bountiful ...

The belief in the Assumption of Mary was a widely-held tradition, and a frequent meditation in the writings of saints throughout the centuries. However it was not defined officially until the past ...

“Today, looking at Mary assumed into heaven, we can say that humility is the way that leads to heaven,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address on Aug. 15.

Roman Catholics believe the doctrine of the Assumption, which teaches that at the end of her life, Mary, the mother of Christ, was taken body and soul (i.e. both physically and spiritually) into ...