His “Mother Mary” series reflects “a reflection ... adding that he aspires ‘to modernize sacred art and transform traditional Catholic paintings into works of beauty and originality.’ ...

The 1969 Roman Calendar reform recovered Jan. 1 as the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ... s not uncommon in Christian art about the circumcision. There is a Catholic pious devotion about ...

As we come to the last day of May, the month traditionally dedicated to Our Lady, and as we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I'd like to share a story once told by ...

Her Catholic upbringing ... understanding of the sanctity of the Great Mother in Mary, the Mother of God. “In the history of art, she takes over where the early images of the Great Mother ...

His mother popped ... about religious art. One of the groups Halle interviewed was working-class immigrants. These mostly Catholic respondents showed him statues of the Virgin Mary among their ...

Either the person Jesus is “true God and true man” — and Mary is the mother of that person, or Christmas is a lie. Catholic teaching ... Like medieval Western art, icons do not adhere ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of ...

today’s feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, was promulgated by Pope Paul VI at the end of the Council and put on the official church calendar by Pope Francis for this time after Pentecost.

Pope Francis on Saturday added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints, honoring young siblings who reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago. May 13 ...