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.

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 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.

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.

A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Find today’s readings here.. Just to clear up some misconceptions (pun intended) about today’s Solemnity ...

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 ...

Construction has begun on a 180-foot statue of the Virgin Mary in Konotopie, Poland. The statue of Mary itself is to be 133.2-feet high, sitting atop a pedestal in the form of a 50-foot-high crown.