Hans Memling’s “Virgin and Child with Sts. Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara,” from the early 1480s, is an enchanting example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Mary is shown ...

"Though still a virgin she carried a child in her womb ... Physician who is possessed of both flesh and spirit....both of Mary and of God." St. Ignatius of Antioch, "Epistle To The Ephesians ...

On Dec. 8, 1854, the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was solemnly defined and proclaimed by Pope Pius IX as follows: The most Blessed Virgin ... for she was a child of Adam together ...

When I was pregnant with my second child, my younger sister was pregnant ... The Gospel concludes: “Mary remained with her about three months, and then returned to her home.” ...

“And Joachim brought the child to the priests,” the account ... Saint Augustine described the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary as an event of cosmic and historic significance, and an ...

May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary are a series of ... a tree stump in the churchyard contains the image of the Virgin Mary and Child and that hundreds of visitors had come to the area ...