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 ...

Mary’s presentation was celebrated in Jerusalem in the sixth century. A church was built there in honor of this mystery. The ...

The Italian president and a senior Vatican official visited the Holy House of Loreto Tuesday for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican Secretary ...

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 ...

For hundreds of years, Catholic parishes in coastal cities have participated in the tradition of blessing the sea and praying for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Feast of the ...

Each of these 11 titles reveals another facet of Mary, the Mother of Jesus — Theotokos, New Eve, Ark of the Covenant, Handmaid of the Lord. In the end, every Marian image points to the same radiant ...

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Aug. 22 is another monumental Marian feast on which we should sing the praises of our Queen and profusely thank her for all the help she gives and is ...

The Feast of the Entry of the Blessed Virgin Mary into the temple is traditionally called Women's Day, it is dedicated to the ...

"Happy New Year!" If you're from Denver, you not only might repeat that greeting through the month, but also leave your Christmas lights on until Jan. 22, the last day of the National Western Stock ...

Today is the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the commemoration of Mary being “taken up body and soul to the glory of heaven” (“Munificentissimus Deus,” No. 40). In the Gospel reading from Luke, we ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — In mid-October, the day before the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on southern Israel, activists in Chihuahua, Mexico, strung a banner bearing a pro-Palestinian message from ...