To honor the Blessed Virgin Mary ... “virtual tour” of eight beautiful images of Our Lady in St. Peter’s Basilica for the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. In St. Peter‘s Basilica ...

Peter’s Square was illuminated by candlelight Saturday night as pilgrims prayed the rosary in a procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... important Marian images within the basilica ...

On May 31, we celebrate the second joyful mystery, which is the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin, ...

On the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis venerated a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary located atop a tall column near Rome’s Spanish Steps.

This is the meaning of Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth. All women need confidantes, whether to cry together in sorrow, or to giggle with in joy. The visitation describes ... “God has blessed you ...

After all, Mary is doing with Elizabeth what I get to do every so often with my long-distance loved ones: She’s visiting her. And that’s where today’s feast, the Visitation, gets its name.

excerpts from t he Magnificat, Luke 1: 46-48, 51-53 In the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on May 31. It was at the visit to her cousin ...

“The location of the monument to the Virgin Mary is not accidental, it will stand in close proximity to the existing Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin ... Getty Images The Virgin Mary statue ...