Ahead of Mother's Day, five women share a window into their physical and spiritual motherhood. New mom Erica Lipp, shown holding her daughter, Jacinta, says, ‘I think that the way I live my life ...

When the Council of Ephesus in 431 affirmed Mary as the Mother of God (Theotokos), regal images became increasingly common in both East and West, and Western iconography even crowned Mary as an ...

In the December issue of National Geographic magazine, photographer Diana Markosian explores the worldwide devotion to the Virgin Mary. Her first trip for the story took her to the town of ...

The Blessed Mother received this title when she appeared to three shepherd children in the small village of Fátima, Portugal, in 1917. Against the backdrop of World War I, the Virgin Mary ...

Pope Francis venerates a Marian image outside the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome in this May 26, 2016, file photo. The pope has instituted a new Marian feast honoring Mary as mother of the church.