GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking ... That’s just three of a myriad Virgin Marys around the world, whose ...

It’s also why the rosary is one of the most widely used prayers — including publicly for the pope — and why popular devotions to the Virgin Mary, including processions and festivals ...

Many blooms are named after Our Lady.(Photo: Emily Malloy) Intertwined within the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the acknowledgement of her as the “Mystical Rose,” for she is the perfect ...

The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, through the Presidents of Bishops’ Conferences has introduced three additional titles and invocations to be included into the ...

(Fr. Dennis and his group of pilgrims were in Ephesus to pray for guidance from the Blessed Mother about building a replica of the House of the Virgin Mary in the Philippines. Last year ...

“The location of the monument to the Virgin Mary is not accidental, it will stand in close proximity to the existing Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Konotopia,” said a press ...

A California family's unshaken faith emerged in the form of a lone statue of The Virgin Mary — untouched by ... family has known for decades to The Blessed Virgin, and it was a remarkable ...

The first and preeminent of such members is the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Blessed Virgin was given to us as true mother by her son, Jesus Christ, as he died upon the cross. The Lord Jesus said to ...

In this edition, we cast a spotlight on one of the earliest Catholic churches to be built in Singapore, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Catholic mission in Hougang began ...

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.