Stories retelling the birth of the Virgin Mary reveal that the Church was more forgiving of infertility than the general ...

But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel ... might be born in the Church. In body, indeed, she is the mother of that very head." St. Augustine of Hippo, "Holy Virginity," c.

In Egypt I talked with devout Muslims who, because of their reverence for the Virgin Mary, had no qualms about visiting Christian churches and praying to her in church as well as mosque.

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

Legend has it that this fourth century church was built after the Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to an aristocrat, Giovanni, and to Pope Liberius, requesting a house of worship in her honor.

The Catholic Church has appropriated May for the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thus, every Catholic Church celebrates ...

Another Virgin Mary statue, Our Lady of the New Millennium, has been outside the church for the last two years. That 33-foot-tall metal statue will be traded with the Great Lady near the visitors ...

I write regarding the May 18 article “Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary.” The Associated Press article in the Maine Sunday Telegram, about the Virgin Mary, gave a good, generalized ...