The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated by Catholics each year on Aug. 15. The day celebrates the assumption of Mary's body and soul into heaven.

The callous creep used a rock to desecrate the statue in front of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica at around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, the Diocese of Brooklyn said.

May these images, and others, help us to contemplate the mysteries of the life and person of the Blessed Virgin Mary and aid us in asking for her intercession in our lives,” she added, going on ...

The day is celebrated in the Catholic tradition when St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an early Franciscan missionary, saw an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary on his way to mass.

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 418 W 15 St. in Lorain, is planning yet another event for its 125th anniversary year. According to parishioner and church historian Philip Bak, the ...

In 2023, it was a year of celebration for Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, 418 W. 15th St. in Lorain. Throughout the year, parishioners and church staff hosted more than 15 events to ...

Cardinal Víctor Fernández wrote that any attempts to identify a Puerto Rican missionary as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary ...

A Virgin Mary statue is being built in Poland and it may be the world's tallest religious statue once construction is completed. The build will stand nearly 200 feet.

It was Pope Pius XII who formally “confirmed this belief about the Virgin Mary as a dogma of Catholic faith in 1950, invoking papal infallibility to proclaim that the Immaculate Mother of God ...

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the patronal feast of St. Mary’s Church in Auburn and the 155th anniversary of the founding of the parish.

Vatican City, Aug 15, 2024 / 09:31 am. During his Angelus address on the solemnity of the Assumption, Pope Francis reminded Catholics that the Blessed Virgin Mary always “goes before us on the ...

The Blessed Virgin Mary sculpture at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes near Emmitsburg was removed a year ago for restoration. It was returned to Mount St. Mary’s University on ...