These images morphed to portray Mary as a queen. (Thirteen of the 55 titles of Mary in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin call her a queen.) From a different perspective, Swiss psychiatrist Carl ...

To honor the Blessed Virgin Mary ... “virtual tour” of eight beautiful images of Our Lady in St. Peter’s Basilica for the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. In St. Peter‘s Basilica ...

Peter’s Square was illuminated by candlelight Saturday night as pilgrims prayed the rosary in a procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... important Marian images within the basilica ...

excerpts from t he Magnificat, Luke 1: 46-48, 51-53 In the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on May 31. It was at the visit to her cousin ...

On the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis venerated a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary located atop a tall column near Rome’s Spanish Steps.

The Gospel concludes: “Mary remained with her about three months ... the most famous and repeated exclamations of all time—”blessed are you among women,/ and blessed is the fruit of your ...

This is the meaning of Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth. All women need confidantes, whether to cry together in sorrow, or to giggle with in joy. The visitation describes ... “God has blessed you ...