Construction of this grotto began in 1954 and it was dedicated by the Archbishop of St. John’s in 1958.” (Amundson is a staff writer for The Catholic Register.) A version of this story appeared in the ...

Modeled partly on the Dickeyville Grotto, Madeline Buol spent 15 years building a backyard shrine that is now on view at the ...

She first built a niche to house a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, incorporating four rocks from the Dickeyville Grotto that Wernerus had given her. Mary's niche is flanked by niches containing the ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994. Summary A stone grotto containing an altar enclosed by a vaulted roof with two nearby figures. The grotto depicts the Virgin Mary's apparition to ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in ...

Virgin Galactic has unveiled its Delta spaceship. It is designed to fly more frequently than its predecessor with more passengers. Credit: Virgin Galactic Key GOP senator defects on crucial vote ...

Historically, devotion to the Heart of Mary grew up in parallel, but at a lesser intensity  than that of devotion to the Heart of Jesus, only starting to become more prominent during the time ...

A BBC documentary suggesting that the Virgin Mary was raped by a Roman soldier has provoked a deluge of complaints and been censured by the Vatican. More than 500 viewers called to protest about ...

A half-eaten slice of elderly cheese on toast purportedly showing the image of the Virgin Mary has attracted 100,000 hits on the eBay auction website. A Florida woman put the sandwich up for sale, ...