Vatican City, May 29, 2023 / 10:30 am. To honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Vatican offers a special Marian pilgrimage within St. Peter’s Basilica each Saturday afternoon during the month of May.

In his Angelus message, Pope Francis reflected on the Virgin Mary’s “daily fidelity in simple things.” “Prior to the Annunciation, the Gospel says nothing about Mary.

The overseeing body said it examined the painting and will return it to the church, with another statement coming soon to detail “the nature of what was observed.” ...

Catholic pilgrims gather to pray near the statue of Virgin Mary in the Bosnian village of Medjugorje. AFP via Getty Images. David Murgia, an author and journalist who has written two books about ...

Visualizing the Virgin Mary — an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles — shows how she was portrayed by artists in the Middle Ages, before ...

She is particularly revered in Mexico; the country's patron saint is Our Lady of Guadalupe, a form of the Virgin that is said to have appeared to an indigenous man in what is now Mexico City in 1531.

The original Mater Ecclesiae image of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child was painted on a column in old St. Peter’s Basilica, built by Emperor Constantine in the fourth century.

Human rights activists slammed Poland’s ruling party after authorities detained a woman who allegedly had images of an icon of the Virgin Mary with a rainbow-colored halo resembling the symbol ...

Over 50 different images of the Virgin Mary from various parts of the country were showcased in the Grand Marian Procession in Naga City, Camarines Sur. Among the images were those of Our Lady of ...

WORSHIPPERS believe the Virgin Mary appeared in a waterfall as a “message of hope from God” after a devastating typhoon. Rescuers said they were “left in awe” while responding to villag… ...

Toronto police have released security camera images of a man suspected of decapitating a statue of the Virgin Mary outside a church on Queen Street West. Police say the head was removed from the ...

The original image of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child was painted on a column in old St. Peter’s Basilica, built by Emperor Constantine in the fourth century. It was later transferred to ...