The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first ...

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

On his first papal trip, Pope Leo XIV went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of ...

Emese Gábor, a facial reconstruction specialist, spoke to Fox News Digital about a recently discovered skull that she ...

Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, was a Jesuit who took the name of the founder of the Franciscans. The Jesuit order is widely ...

A skull was recently discovered at a medieval church – and an expert ... of the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. Gábor believes the skull ...

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 ...

Praying for the Virgin Mary’s intercession and being devoted ... In the second millennium, beginning in the 12th century, says medieval historian Miri Rubin of Queen Mary University of London ...

A colossal Virgin Mary gazes down from a gilded apse ... The northern Italian city of Padua is home to one of the medieval master Giotto’s most famed works. The Scrovegni Chapel is decorated ...

St. Mary Major is one of the four papal basilicas in Rome — the “major” refers not to the Virgin Mary but to these ... honoring the medieval mystic whose name the pope took on his election.

Its medieval bell tower ... reflecting his deep devotion to the Virgin Mary. In Catholic tradition, Mary is seen as a symbol of God’s compassionate love for humanity. “ ...

He is also known for establishing one of the earliest professional standing armies in medieval Europe that played a key role in driving out the invading Ottomans. The Basilica of the Virgin Mary ...