There, she prayed on her knees before a painting of the Virgin Mary, beseeching God for the grace to enter the Carmelite ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...

But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel Gabriel announced to her the glad tidings that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow ...

But many listeners -- given the hymn-like organ chords in the tune -- instead assumed a reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Indeed, "in times of trouble" it's only natural for Catholics to resort to ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Twenty teens from the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown were honored Monday for their commitment to the church. The 27th annual Eagle of the Cross Award Ceremony was held ...

Between August 1, 2023, and March 3, 2024, while volunteering at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Amherst Street, Winiarski stole over $10,000. The district attorney's ...

“It's very beautiful that he's going back, having concluded his ministry, to the place where it began," Father Patrick Briscoe tells PEOPLE Pope Francis was laid to rest in the basilica of St ...

the blessed Virgin Mary. ‘For this reason, I ask that my mortal remains rest – awaiting the day of the resurrection – in the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major. ‘I wish my final earthly ...

The pope chose the basilica because of his devotion to the Salus Populi Romani icon of the Virgin Mary, which is located next to his tomb. World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope ...

Let us pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. God, our salvation, hear us as we make our prayer in union with the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the Saints: welcome into the assembly of your elect ...

The basilica was built on the spot where the Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to Pope Liberius, and where on August 5, a blanket of snow appeared covering the hill in midsummer. This day is ...

Pope Francis is the first pontiff to be buried at St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore) in nearly 400 years. The last was Pope Clement IX, who died in 1669. Pope Francis’ devotion to the ...