Images of the Annunciation featured Mary reading Scripture when the angel Gabriel appeared to her: This symbolized the incarnation of Christ as the Word made flesh (Jn 1:14: “And the Word was ...

In 2014, on his 60th birthday, Msgr. John Armitage, then vicar general of the Diocese of Brentwood, England, was appointed the rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk. Following ...

Convert poet Sally Read returns to England’s Marian shrine. Above, poet and Catholic covert Sally Read prays among the ruins of the Franciscan friary at England’s chief Marian shrine in ...

CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2020 / 00:00 am. Sharing in Mary's joy is "the greatest antidote to fear and anxiety," the outgoing rector of England's national Marian shrine said Saturday.

Mary in the Catholic Press. Pope Francis to give Knock Shrine new international status on St. Joseph's feast [Catholic News Agency] March 11, 2021. Pope Francis will officially designate Knock Shrine ...

The Shrine of the Holy House preserves the building where tradition holds the Virgin Mary was born, raised, and greeted by the Angel Gabriel at the Annunciation.

Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory blesses a new statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the Rosary Walk and Garden outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Oct. 23, 2022.

A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. Today’s readings can be found here.. The line in Luke’s Gospel that I keep going back to is: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you ...

The feast of the Annunciation marks the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, during which he told her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is celebrated on 25 ...

On the Feast of the Annunciation, Christians celebrate the Almighty becoming an embryo. Men in particular should pay attention. Sinai icon image shown by permission of Saint Catherine’s ...

Ten months after a marble statue of Our Lady of Fatima was vandalized and destroyed beyond repair, a replacement statue was blessed Oct. 23 by Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory.