Roses: They are the quintessential “Mary flower,” in honor of her title as “Mystical Rose,” symbolizing her beauty and grace, ...

On his first papal trip, Pope Leo XIV went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of Genazzano and on the drive back stopped to pray by Pope Francis’ tomb in the ...

“It’s almost like there’s a Mary for everything,” said Kayla Harris, professor and director of Marian Library at University of Dayton in Ohio. It’s also why the rosary is one of the most ...

“It’s almost like there’s a Mary for everything,” said Kayla Harris, professor and director of Marian Library at University of Dayton in Ohio. It’s also why the rosary is one of the most widely used ...

That’s just three of a myriad Virgin Marys around the world, whose veneration is central to Catholics from the pope to the ordinary faithful. Even many of the less ...

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — 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 ...

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Schmitt is known in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area for his seven ... Blessed Virgin Mary in Morning View. In 1863 Johann Schmitt (1825–1898) painted “Our Lady of Sorrows” for Mother ...

MUZAFFARABAD: A seven-year-old boy, Irtaza Abbas Turi, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Zaheer Abbas Turi of the Pakistan Army, was martyred during a deadly night of Indian airstrikes and shelling ...