Lauded in the world’s two largest religions as the mother of God’s Chosen One—for Muslims a great prophet and for Christians ...

I wonder if Jesus’s devout human parents took note of the similarities. Any mother who has ever faced financial difficulty knows something of the pain Mary, a homeless refugee, felt on [the] jou ...

Long a fixture on devotional medals worn by Catholics, Mary is so central to Catholic spirituality that Pope Francis earlier this year had to debunk the notion that Jesus’ mother would be ...

Far from being a moment of loss, the Ascension opens up a joyful reality: Christ is closer than ever, not limited by space or ...

Aside from a TV movie starring Christian Bale called Mary, the Mother of Jesus, which looks into both her pregnancy and her relationship with Jesus up to his death on the cross, a film that looks ...

"From manger scenes to postage stamps, from Christmas cards to Advent hymns, the image of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ makes its universal appearance during the Advent season ...

Readers of the Gospel might expect this much. What one might not expect, however, is how these prayers affected Jesus’ mother. Mary is hardly passive in this Temple scene. Simeon has a prophetic ...

The coming-of-age tale retells the world-famous Biblical story through the eyes of Mary, mother of Jesus. “Directed by D.J. Caruso (Disturbia) and written by Timothy Michael Hayes, this ...

It is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, but we also recognize the Octave of Christmas, the Circumcision of the Lord and the Holy Name of Jesus. Perhaps we can use the second reading by St ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful GENAZZANO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking ...

During a break on a recent TV shoot, a co-star asked Amy Brenneman about her latest stage role: Miriam of Nazareth, best known as the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. In response, the actor — who ...

that the Virgin Mary had appeared to them in Portugal. Residents of Montecristi say the survival of the centuries-old Our Mother of Monserrate, even as the basilica cracked and crumbled around it ...