Challenge today is to extricate the historical, fully human Mary from theological baggage heaped upon her over centuries ...

But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel Gabriel announced to her the glad tidings that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow ...

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

Roman Catholic youths guard a life-size figure in Kalwaria Pacławska, Poland. The Feast of the Assumption is a weeklong festival here. Praying for the Virgin Mary’s intercession and being ...

The Filipino Catholic community in Los Angeles Saturday was expected to celebrate a tradition of honoring the Virgin Mary and offering her flowers in downtown Los Angeles. This year, the Filipino ...

May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary are a series of Marian devotions held in the Catholic Church throughout the month of May. Mary's connection to the month of May dates back to the 13th ...

Rooted in faith and shaped by Catholic social teaching, this global charity quietly nourishes bodies and souls — with every ...

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

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 ...

When Pope Leo XIV ended his first public blessing with a Hail Mary and made a pilgrimage to Marian shrines, he reaffirmed a ...

On his first papal trip, Pope Leo XIV went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of Genazzano and on the drive back stopped to pray by Pope Francis’ tomb in the ...