Roses: They are the quintessential “Mary flower,” in honor of her title as “Mystical Rose,” symbolizing her beauty and grace, ...

Pope Francis had called for the consistory in late February, when he was in the hospital, but the date was never set.

Our Blessed Lady has come to me; she has smiled at me,’ Thérèse marveled, as we mark the centenary of her canonization.

‘All generations will call me blessed': ‘The Church's devotion ... an ‘epitome of the whole Gospel,' express this devotion to the Virgin Mary." 1 1. CCC, 971. The internal quotes are from ...

We celebrate by remembering tales of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Ireland. May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary are a series of Marian devotions held in the Catholic Church throughout the ...

Christians celebrate the Ascension, symbolizing Jesus' ascent to God. Le Monde explores the history and symbolism of one of ...

His daily conversation with the Virgin Mary has begun ... generations will call me blessed.” Indeed they have. Yet clues about her life are elusive. Scholars of Mary must take what they can ...

Further reading: At Pentecost, Pope Francis urges continued "talk of peace to those who want war" During the first celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, on May 21 ...

It has since become part of Filipino tradition focused on youth and their devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The small Wexford village of Taghmon attracted national media coverage in 1971 when three young boys reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary while ... or wasn’t the Blessed Virgin ...

“I feel blessed to be part of such a important and ... stained-glass window and a sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary. The interior of the shuttered St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church ...

where the Virgin Mary encouraged the practice of the Rosary, the devotion spread with greater intensity. The greatest witness and promoter of the Rosary devotion was Blessed Bartolo Longo ...