The Vatican on Saturday declared a new Roman Catholic feast day in honor of the Virgin Mary. The Monday after Pentecost will mark the "Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church ...

This year, Pentecost falls on June 5. The prayer recalls and invites Catholics to participate in the nine days that the Blessed Virgin Mary and the apostles spent in prayer after Christ ascended ...

Peter’s Square was illuminated by candlelight Saturday night as pilgrims prayed the rosary in a procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... for the Monday after Pentecost.

This year, Pentecost falls on Sunday, May 28. The prayer recalls and invites Catholics to participate in the nine days that the Blessed Virgin Mary and the apostles spent in prayer after Christ ...

Pope Francis has decreed that “the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church,” should be inscribed in the Roman Calendar on the Monday after Pentecost and be celebrated every ...

In 1961, at Garabandal, Spain, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to four girls. The theme of Mary’s visit, once again, was to call humanity back to God. Mother Mary gave prophecies about three ...

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 ...

Their birth stories are different, but both present Mary as a virgin when she became pregnant ... She is a vital presence at the birth of the church at Pentecost, sharing the divine vision of ...

Vatican City (AsiaNews) - "There is no Pentecost without the Virgin Mary ... "The feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians - said the pope - offers us - tomorrow May 24th - the ...

It started on Pentecost Sunday on May 20, when parishioners at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Hobbs noticed that there appeared to be tears streaming from the Virgin Mary’s eyes ...

The Catholic Church only resolved the issue in 1854. Pope Pius IX declared that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception… was preserved ...