The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful ...

Pope Leo XIV's recent public blessing and visit to Marian sites highlight the central role of Virgin Mary veneration in ...

One Mary, a myriad titles According to the Gospel, Mary is the mother of Jesus — and the mystery of the incarnation of the ...

Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, offered a special prayer of consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

In many of the Marian Apparitions all over the world, the Blessed Virgin Mary often emphasized the importance of praying the rosary.

Amen. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Saint Bernadette, pray for us. Day One O Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, virgin and mother, queen of heaven, chosen from all eternity to be the Mother ...

Lourdes remains one of the most frequented Christian shrines in the world. More than 3 million visitors, pilgrims and tourists come each year to the Grotto of Massabielle, where the Virgin Mary ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s apparition time: 5:40 p.m. In a small Roman Catholic chapel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the village of ...

Dancers from the Chinese Catholic Community of New Jersey participate in the call to prayer featuring sacred songs and ...

In his first public blessing as pope, Leo XIV concluded with a "Hail Mary," after commemorating the feast of Our Lady of Pompei. His first papal journey took him to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

LOURDES, France — In Lourdes ... according to Catholic tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous, a young peasant girl living in great poverty.

Lourdes has been a major site of pilgrimage since 1858, when a 14-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubirous said she saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Millions of people now visit each year ...