Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary is often depicted weeping, a reminder of the 'Seven Sorrows' the Bible recounts her suffering. pratan ounpitipong/Moment via ...

May will always be a special month, the month that the Church dedicates to the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God and our mother. The month that begins today is just the right time to renew the love ...

We could make the case that May is the most traditional month on our calendar. It is filled with events and rituals in religious and secular life: May Crownings, First Holy Communions, Confirmations, ...

During the Second Vatican Council, discussions on Mary, Jesus’ mother, were very heated and manifested a great deal of disagreement among the gathered bishops. During the 19th century, devotion to ...

PARIS (AP) — A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as “The Virgin of Paris,” returned to Notre Dame cathedral Friday evening, five years after surviving the devastating 2019 fire that ...

The Vatican has clarified the Virgin Mary's role in the Catholic Church, stating that she did not help Jesus to save the world from damnation. A new decree from the Holy See's top doctrinal office, ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin celebrates the belief that at the end of her earthly life, Mary was "taken up body and soul into ...

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Hispanic Catholics gathered Monday to mark a significant feast day, the birthday of the Virgin Mary, a celebration deeply rooted in faith, culture, and tradition. The Sept. 8 ...

GENAZZANO, Italy — 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 ...