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 ...

You don’t have to be Catholic to have heard the phrase “Immaculate Conception.” References often appear in pop culture and ...

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is unquestionably the senior saint within the Christian tradition. Yet we know remarkably little ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... in the 11th century within the Byzantine Catholic Church. It was introduced into the Roman Catholic Church in the 15th century by ...

Since the Roman Calendar Reform of 1969, the Church observes Jan. 1 as the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. This is not, ...

After a devastating fire, people in Bougainville found hope and strength from a statue of the Virgin Mary that survived the ...

the holy orders and structural hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and the way the Virgin Mary and the venerated saints are respected in the Roman Catholic doctrine. Roman Catholic teachings diverge ...

His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, along with bishops and priests, presided over ...

FUJISAWA, Kanagawa Prefecture--A sculptor has almost completed a nearly 10-meter-tall wooden statue of Virgin Mary that ... The sculptor, a Roman Catholic, had visited the remains of Hara Castle ...

The "Mary" movie is No. 1 on the streaming service, reinforcing the interest in the Mother of God. But what does it mean to be "full of grace"? A theology professor and author shared insight.