Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful ...

Even many of the less-than-devout know what it means to throw a Hail Mary. The oldest title for Mary is precisely “mother of God,” or Theotokos in the original Greek. It was chosen after ...

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary ... title for Mary is precisely “mother of God,” or Theotokos in the original Greek.

Genazzano: Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary ... The oldest title for Mary is precisely “mother of God,” or Theotokos in the original Greek.