Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary grew up particularly in the post-Tridentine era, promoted especially by St. John Eudes. It was reinforced and promoted by the three visionary children at ...

Luke’s gospel follows Matthew when in chapter 2.27 he names Mary as a virgin. However, controversy surrounds the translation of this phrase from the original Hebrew Bible into the Greek Septuagint.

Mary Lou Wilcox Doak had a strong soul. Rather, she has a strong soul, for we know that the souls of people survive their physical death, which for Mary Lou occurred on April 21, 2025, at age 83 ...

The conflation happens in this way: Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany are joined as one, and then the similarities in the anointing accounts—John 12:1–8, where Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus ...

Nazareth Seminary is working with University of Mary’s “Mary College,” a satellite academic institution partnered with Arizona State University.

The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to announce the incarnation of Christ. Here are eight things to know and share about the event and how we celebrate it. Thursday, June 26, 2025 ...

The Jefferson Bible, as it’s known, is “scripture by subtraction,” writes Stephen Prothero, a professor of religion at Boston University. The first time Jefferson undertook to create his own ...

In Shingo, the Greatest Story Ever Told is retold like this: Jesus first came to Japan at the age of 21 to study theology. This was during his so-called “lost years,” a 12-year gap unaccounted ...

Joseph, upon learning about Mary’s pregnancy, decides to quietly leave her — he would have had justification at the time to have Mary killed — but angels reassure him that her conception came from the ...

A new movie about the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, is sparking debate among viewers and religious scholars alike. “Mary,” a Biblical epic streaming now on Netflix, tells the story ...

There’s “very little” about Mary in the Bible, Cobb says. Aspects of Mary’s character in the movie are based on passages of the New Testament (the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke) and an ...