Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed ... for a midnight ceremony in her honor. Certain images and stories of the Virgin Mary are so powerful they help define a country.

On the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis venerated ... ladder to put a fresh wreath of flowers around Mary’s outstretched arms.

Read the full story and see more of Markosian’s pictures from this project in the story “How the Virgin Mary Became the World’s Most Powerful Woman.” See more of Diana Markosian’s work ...

The cloak imprinted with the miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary received by Juan Diego ... among the first Indigenous people in the New World to embrace Catholicism.

12, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... completed around the year 1700, shows her untying knots from a long ribbon. The image was inspired ...

"Mary is the model of perfect love and obedience to Christ. God preserved Mary from sin, and she conceived our Lord by the power of the Holy Spirit, bringing Christ into our world," writes ...

KUALA LUMPUR: An image resembling the Blessed ... Virgin Mary' window to be moved from hospital to Klang church PHOTOS: Hundreds pray before image of 'Virgin Mary' in SDMC Newlyweds put wedding party ...