Pope Leo XIV has appointed Cardinal Robert Sarah as his special envoy for celebrations in France commemorating the 400th ...

Approximately 470,000 pilgrims gathered in Fátima, Portugal, on May 12–13 to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The prevalent theme of the two-day ...

Egypt - Thousands of Egyptians and some foreigners have been flocking to this southern Egyptian city in recent weeks where residents say they've seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary and a flock of ...

Steve Euvino Times Correspondent Dec 14, 2024 Dec 14, 2024 0 ST. JOHN — Catholic faithful gathered Saturday to recall a Marian apparition that continues to inspire Christians, especially those ...

The small Wexford village of Taghmon attracted national media coverage in 1971 when three young boys reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary while playing in a local disused cemetery.

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 ...

ROME — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin ...

We survived the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we survived the Terrible Toilet Paper Troubles. Nothing like a shortage of ...

I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the Áakʼw Ḵwáan, the original ...

The first Marian apparition took place in 1917, when three children saw the Virgin Mary appear in an oak tree on a hill while they were looking after their family's sheep. The appearance seemed ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s apparition time: 5:40 p.m. In a small Roman Catholic chapel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the village of ...

In 2024, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin, the only Vatican-approved Marian apparition site in the U.S., saw a record 200,000 pilgrims. The pilgrimage business is indeed ...