Levine adds, “She can be the grieving mother, the young virgin, the goddess figure. Just as Jesus is the ideal man, Mary is the ideal woman.” During the Reformation (1517-1648), the idea of ...

This delicately ornamented sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, as a figure relevant to both the spiritual and the secular realms. She stands in a protective, maternal pose, her ...

A believable telling of the life of the Virgin Mary who was chosen by God to be the mother of Christ Jesus. This Biblical story follows Mary before conception, at the revealing of the impending ...

For over 200 years, villagers in southern Poland have paid homage to a roadside shrine depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary ... like Bart Simpson than The Mother Mary,' said another.

This title refers to her as the mother of Jesus. This title is directly linked ... and to every prompting of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary is the Church's model of faith and charity.

Jesus Christ on the cross is not only a story of total surrender and eternal redemption. It is also a tale of all-embracing ...

JESUS and Virgin Mary statues have been left looking like cartoon characters after a restoration job went wrong. The religious shrine in Poland has been mocked after the botched restoration left ...

159 501 Jesus is Mary's only son ... than because she conceives the flesh of Christ." 169 507 At once virgin and mother, Mary is the symbol and the most perfect realization of the Church ...

Participants of all ages carried roses, rosaries and images of the Virgin Mary and ... she saved us, and Jesus was born.” Catholics venerate Mary as the mother of God, and as such, a bridge ...

It was in Rome, towards the end of the eighteenth century, one fine evening in May. A child of the poor gathered his companions around him and led them to a statue of Mary, before which a lamp was ...