On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They ...

The rare version of Christianity heading toward extinction - Hidden Christians are dying out, and there is growing certainty ...

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Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first pope to come from the Order of St. Augustine, made a visit very early in his pontificate to the ...

And a lot of listening, and not much talking. The explicit goal of the Virgin Islands Peace Summit was to dramatically reduce the high levels of violence in the Virgin Islands. By virtually any ...

There are “Black” Virgin Marys — dark-skinned ... In fact, according to the Catechism, Catholics are to give Mary special veneration, but not worship her — something reserved for God ...

Some, like Brazil’s Virgin of Aparecida ... The Catholic Catechism clarifies that veneration, not worship, is given to Mary. Worship is reserved for God alone. Since the 19th century, May ...

There are Black Madonnas, like Brazil’s beloved Virgin of Aparecida. Some icons show Mary pregnant ... Importantly, Catholic teaching distinguishes between veneration of Mary and worship of God. “Mary ...