There are many depictions of Mary as a representation of purity, obedience, and peace, but behind this image exists a deeper ...

But are we really in danger of exalting Mary or loving her too much? St. Maximilian Kolbe says absolutely not: “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than ...

On November 4, 2025, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released a doctrinal note entitled Mater Populi Fidelis (“Mother of the Faithful People”), “on Some Marian Titles Regarding Mary’s ...

Pope Benedict XVI was in strong favor of highlighting Mary’s role as Mother of the Church, a title that emphasizes her motherly care of each one of us. Ever since Pope Francis established the annual ...

Belief in the virgin birth comes from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Their birth stories are different, but both present Mary as a virgin when she became pregnant with Jesus. Mary and Joseph begin ...

The attackers tried to hit the bishop who was celebrating the service and injured a priest. The fears of the Christian community before Holy Week and Easter. (ZENIT News – Asia News / Jerusalem, 03.21 ...

A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of the Blessed Mother of God into heaven in the following words: "Wherefore, after we have poured forth prayers of supplication again and ...