After that initial veil of tears though, crying takes on another dimension and is often put into question, often abused, or ...

Thousands of people turned out to see her funeral procession to the Abbey on 28th April 1603 when there was "such a general sighing, groaning and weeping as ... sleep Elizabeth and Mary, sisters in ...

The empty tomb was not a proof of the resurrection ... Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?' She thought He was the gardener and said to Him, 'Sir, if you ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John ...

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 ...

After blessing the faithful, he entered the chapel that houses the Marian icon, traditionally attributed to St. Luke, and, ...

AKITA--Just as suddenly as it started, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary abruptly stopped shedding ... none of them could account for the sacred mother’s weeping. Early on Jan. 4, 1975 ...

Many mourners flocking to the Basilica of St. Mary Major to view the tomb of Pope Francis have pointed out one flagrant error: the spacing in the tomb's inscription. In his will Francis left ...

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

Archaeologists confronted by a false door at an excavation site were stunned to find that it led to the tomb of Egyptian royalty. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...

Donation Options Search Search Search St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Riverdale is Pope Leo XIV’s old childhood church. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share The parish ...

Pope Francis’ simple, unadorned tomb had received almost universal praise until a torrent of criticism was unleashed by graphic designers out of alignment over how the Pope’s name was engraved ...