Mary the Mother of Jesus cuts a special place in the New Testament and, in fact, through the Redemption story in the entire ...

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

In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring ...

A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...

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.

With tears of emotion often flowing down their faces, tens of thousands of faithful have packed the rooftops, bridges and ...

105 A.D. "[Jesus] became man by the Virgin so that ... is he that is born in time here below of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God." St. Athanasius, "The Incarnation of the Word of God," c.

Strauss offered a new, mythographical reading of the Gospels, discounting the historical veracity of the miracles attributed ...

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 ...

Roughly 100 Catholics from across the county paraded down Worth Avenue, singing hymns and reciting prayers in veneration of the Virgin Mary.

Celebrated as one Great Sunday of 50 days, Easter continues through Pentecost Sunday. Even the names of the Sundays of this season indicate this. The Sundays between Easter and Pentecost are called Su ...

Stitch by stitch, artisans have worked for months on the elaborate garments that will debut this week in Holy Week processions across Guatemala and beyond. The hefty velvet cloaks, finely embroidered ...