Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his “humble, simple and essential’’ life, the archbishop ...

A US hospital has asked the Catholic Church for help after being swamped by thousands of people seeking to view what they believe is an image of the Virgin Mary in a third-floor window. More than ...

, May 17 -- In his first public blessing as pope, Leo XIV concluded with a "Hail Mary," after commemorating the feast of Our Lady of Pompei. His first papal journey took him to the Sanctuary of ...

The mystery of a Virgin Mary statue in Italy that 'wept tears of blood' has been solved. Gisella Cardia proclaimed in 2016 that the Madonna di Trevignano was crying blood and giving her ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful ...

A year after beginning work, Mt. Shasta Ski Park completed construction last week on a 20-foot statue of the Virgin Mary holding up the baby Jesus. The Madonna, which overlooks the resort from the ...

40 years ago, on November 12, 1984, Madonna‘s Like a Virgin album, with its iconic cover art lensed by fashion photographer Steven Meisel, came out and it still makes us feel shiny and new ...

Since the 19th century, May has been devoted to the Virgin Mary — though already in Greek and Roman times, goddesses of fertility were celebrated in this month of springtime blooming, she added.