Pilgrims have flocked to the Holy House of Loreto since the 14th century to stand inside the walls where tradition holds the Virgin Mary was born, raised, and greeted by the angel Gabriel.

President Donald Trump honored the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which appears to be the first time a U.S. president ...

Nor can we observe Advent without the Blessed Mother. “Among creatures, no one knows Christ better than Mary; no one can introduce us to a profound knowledge of his mystery better than his Mother,” ...

Born in 1842 in Melbourne, Australia, Mary Helen learnt to know and love God from a mother and father, Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald, whose ancestors had held fast to the Catholic faith in ...

Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation. January 1 marks the Solemnity of Mary, a day the honors the role of Mary as the Mother of God, ...

CHICAGO -- It was an alleged act of divinity that went viral after a church caretaker claims she noticed a Virgin Mary icon weeping days before the church was set to face bankruptcy court. Although a ...

I first learned about the Seven Sorrows devotion through my obsession with art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary. While I was used to the joyful image of the Mother and Child, I was mesmerized by its ...

LOWELL — Leaves float down like golden snowflakes in the late afternoon sun. Walnuts fall from their branches and hit the ground with sharp thuds. Nearby, two nuns in powder-blue habits pick apples ...

A trip to Centerville yields the unexpected. William Joseph Chaminade, a Marianist Family co-founder, liked to visit a certain garden in Bordeaux. There he would go to a statue of Mary with her foot ...

To himself be made by you. The lines are an apt expression of the manifold contradictions embodied in the Christian mythology of Mary. “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea”, a new exhibition at the ...