Stories retelling the birth of the Virgin Mary reveal that the Church was more forgiving of infertility than the general ...

On her mother ... Mary were foreshadowed in the beautiful verses of Prov­erbs describing a holy wife. Anne could have married almost any suitor, but Emmer­ich says that she chose Joachim ...

Sts. Anne and Joachim, whose feast day is July 26, are known as the grandparents of Jesus and the parents of Mary. They, too, struggled with childlessness for decades, according to Christian legend.

Pope Sixtus V later reestablished the feast in 1585, and it is still celebrated today, commemorating the faith of her parents, Joachim and Anne, and the purity of Mary.

Mary, the epic biblical movie, centers on Noa Cohen's portrayal of the mother of Jesus, from her early years in Nazareth to Jesus' birth. The story follows Joachim and Anne, who are blessed with a ...

Joachim agrees, and he and his wife Anne (Israeli actor Hilla Vidor ... and because she could be killed for breaking her vows, Mary’s mother sends her to stay with her Aunt Elizabeth (played ...