Marian devotions have been an evolving part of Catholic Church history, spirituality and the faith of countless Catholics worldwide. Popular Marian veneration is expressed in simple acts that include ...
COMMENTARY: As the Church marks a century since Our Lady first asked for the Five First Saturdays, Catholic leaders urge the ...
Theology professor Mark Miravalle has been struck by the clear and profound Marian references Leo XIV has made in these first 100 days of his pontificate. Pope Leo XIV, shown next to a Marian image, ...
Through the years since the first U. S. Parish Mary Garden was planted at St. Joseph's Church in Woods Hole, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1932, by Frances Crane Lillie, numerous Mary Gardens have ...
On Aug. 15, Catholics around the globe celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — the belief that Mary, the Mother of Jesus, was taken body and soul into heavenly glory. In ...
During a visit to a Marian shrine in southern Italy this week, the Vatican Secretary of State issued a warning that Marian devotion must be safeguarded from mafia exploitation. Cardinal Pietro Parolin ...
The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith granted a “nihil obstat” — that is, nothing stands in the way — of Marian devotion surrounding the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary on Mount ...