My mother had great devotion to the Blessed Mother. She loved her and turned to her often. As a family, we prayed the rosary ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dogmatically defined in 1950, the assumption of the Virgin Mary's body and soul into heaven is a perennial part of the Church's faith, Pope Benedict told pilgrims who joined him to pray the ...

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

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 ...