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

A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother ...

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff ... chapel — where the Mary icon stands — said they pray their children, ranging in age from 18 to 24 ...

One prominent icon ... children, adults, clergy in black and gold. A choir jams into the hallway, singing haunting, gorgeous harmonies in Old Church Slavonic. They’ve come for the blessing ...

On the occasion of the Jubilee of Eastern Churches, Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, head of the Armenian Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...