Christian artists have often depicted the Blessed Virgin as reading, especially at the Annunciation ... over the main entrance of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.

The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as ... personal sin her whole life long. The National Shrine in the US Mary is honored at the Basilica of the National Shrine ...

In this view, the fountain at the Annunciation scene of the apocryphal writings of St. James has a profound meaning. It can be a sign of Christ’s Incarnation in Mary’s womb.1 To this day, the Greek ...