But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel Gabriel announced to her the glad tidings that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow ...
Roman Catholic youths guard a life-size figure in Kalwaria Pacławska, Poland. The Feast of the Assumption is a weeklong festival here. Praying for the Virgin Mary’s intercession and being ...
A thief shattered a stained-glass window to break into a Philadelphia Catholic Church and stole a gold crown from a statue of the Virgin Mary, police announced on Monday, Jan. 13. The bold crime ...
The liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and Marian prayer, such as the Rosary, an ‘epitome of the whole Gospel,' express this devotion to the Virgin Mary." 1 1. CCC, 971.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches ... and served the Lord Jesus as much or as devotedly as the Blessed Virgin Mary. From the moment of her conception, she was prepared to do God ...
AKITA--Just as suddenly as it started, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary abruptly stopped shedding tears, leaving the sisters and nuns at a Catholic church here without an explanation. From the ...