The restoration of an iconic 17th century statue of the Virgin Mary has sparked huge protests in Seville after worshippers ...

EL ROCIO, Spain — Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven carriage with their icon of the Virgin Mary after slogging on foot ...

Today the Church celebrates the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Mother of the Church. In 2018, Pope Francis declared this new memorial to be added to the Church’s calendar of feasts, to be celebrated on ...

Although the feast day is relatively new, devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of 'Mother of the Church', is of course very ancient. The title of Mary as the Mother of the Church is ...

People who’ve visited the historic Queen Mary ship and hotel in Long Beach know that it’s filled with designs from the Art Deco period, ranging from carvings in rare woods to banisters cast in ...

From ancient art to weird superstitions, there’s so much we still don’t know about our ancestors and how they shaped our world. Every dusty artifact or crumbling ruin has a story to tell ...

In the first episode of And Just Like That… Season 3, Miranda struggles to connect with anyone at a gay bar until she meets Mary (Rosie O’Donnell). While Mary isn’t young or cool ...

Stories retelling the birth of the Virgin Mary reveal that the Church was more forgiving of infertility than the general public during the Medieval era. At a time when societal attitudes often ...

“What will be approved here is the biggest carbon bomb in the southern hemisphere and the extension of a plant that is actively damaging the most important rock art site in the southern ...

The archaeological Museum of Troy in western Turkey has opened an expansive contemporary art exhibit, installing some of the work in its main halls for the first time, in a push to bridge its ...

Egypt has announced the “significant” discovery of three ancient tombs dating to the New Kingdom period (1550–1070 B.C.), found on the West Bank of Luxor in the Draa Abul Naga area.