A sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus has been destroyed just days after it went on view at a cathedral in northern Austria and drew criticism from some Catholics ...

whom Jesus had committed to his care. And in the same connection they could well have determined to keep even more complete silence on the Virgin Birth lest that lead to Mary’s death ...

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke both assert that Mary conceived Jesus as a virgin. But while Luke tells the story without ...

Historically, devotion to the Heart of Mary grew up in parallel, but at a lesser intensity than that of devotion to the Heart of Jesus, only starting to become more prominent during the time of St ...

Jesus Christ on the cross is not only a story of total surrender and eternal redemption. It is also a tale of all-embracing ...

For over 200 years, villagers in southern Poland have paid homage to a roadside shrine depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary. But now locals are up in arms after a botched renovation of the 1820 ...

During this time, Mary gave birth to Jesus in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:6-7). An angel of the Lord first announced the birth to the shepherds. The shepherds ...

Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a ...

In our society, it sometimes seems that Easter has been reduced to a celebration of chocolate bunnies, fake grass and eggs.

"8 "It is only natural that the Church rejoice as one contemplates the modest home of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. We read in the hymn from Matins on the feast of the Holy Family: ‘It is pleasing to ...

JESUS and Virgin Mary statues have been left looking like cartoon characters after a restoration job went wrong. The religious shrine in Poland has been mocked after the botched restoration left ...