'My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.

ROSARY & ART: The Fourth Glorious Mystery is the Assumption of Our Lady Annibale Carracci, “The Assumption of the Virgin,” Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, ca. 1600-1601 (photo: Public Domain) ...

EWTN marks 44 years on the Assumption, a solemnity that commemorates the end of the Virgin Mary’s earthly life and the ...

COMMENTARY: With her bodily glorification in heaven, Mary assumes the role of mother not just with regard to Christ, but ...

The feast of the Assumption, possibly the oldest celebration of the Virgin Mary, is rooted in the tradition of Christian practice, supported by magisterial teaching and defined as one of four Marian ...

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.

St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in German Village is using two painting companies to help restore its historic paintings following a lightning strike in August 2016 that exposed ...

Some 200 years ago, a monk wrote to Pope Clement XIII begging him to define the bodily Assumption of Mary as “a most certain dogma of faith.” Clement passed the matter on to the Holy Office.

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 ...

Along with the universal church, Catholics in the diocese should reflect on Mary as the model disciple and queen of heaven ...

Approximately 200 people, including Castel Gandolfo Mayor Alberto de Angelis, attended the pope’s solemn Mass held at the ...