Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed ... for a midnight ceremony in her honor. Certain images and stories of the Virgin Mary are so powerful they help define a country.

The prayer was granted, and before Mary departed she blessed the ... with holy images of the second Eve. Here are some of the most outstanding ones: - Axion estin (It is truly meet…) is the name given ...

Beside the sign of the cross and holy water there are many other sacramentals, such as blessed candles, ashes, palms, crucifixes, images of the Blessed Virgin ... then the Hail Mary on each ...

Over the centuries, the Blessed Mother has been graced with a plethora of different titles, such as Our Lady of the Rosary, ...

On Sept. 12, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The feast was officially instituted by Pope Innocent XI, and the celebration dates back to ...

Both St. Peter’s Church, 3655 Oberlin Ave. in Lorain, and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 418 W. 15th St. in ...

Both St. Peter’s Church, 3655 Oberlin Ave. in Lorain, and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 418 W. 15th St. in Lorain, have been around for over a century. Still, Nativity of the ...

The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman Catholicism in recent ...

Catholic worshipers who claim to have seen and spoken to the Virgin Mary at a Bosnian landmark received mixed messages from the Vatican on Thursday after the Church refused to say whether their ...

It must be said that there are no explicit references to the celebration of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, however, this celebration has always been part and parcel of the tradition and ...

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America attended the Blue Dream Gala hosted by the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the ... your love for your fellow human being.” Photos: ...