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 ...

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.

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 ...

Fatima, Portugal: The three shepherd children said the Virgin Mary appeared to them six times ... cases of flip-flopping determinations by Catholic authorities over the course of 70 years about ...

Roughly 100 Catholics from across the county paraded down Worth Avenue, singing hymns and reciting prayers in veneration of the Virgin Mary.

The 88-year-old Pope paused to pray before the venerated icon of the Virgin Mary known as Salus Populi Romani, according to a ...

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

A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...

His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, issued a congratulatory message on the Annunciation of the Holy Mother ...

Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...

“You know, as a practicing Catholic, you don’t see enough of ... Participants gathered around the platform carrying the Virgin Mary sculpture and recited prayers and hymns before heading ...

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 ...