But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel Gabriel announced to her the glad tidings that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow ...

The early Christians consistently recognized Mary as the New Eve, drawing a direct parallel between her obedience and Eve’s ...

‘All generations will call me blessed': ‘The Church's devotion ... an ‘epitome of the whole Gospel,' express this devotion to the Virgin Mary." 1 1. CCC, 971. The internal quotes are from ...

In celebrating Lent and in every season of the liturgical year, it is good to recall the teaching of the Second Vatican ...

Last year, the Catholic Church also formally dismissed ... The decree stated: “It is clear that it is not supernatural. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mother of the Church and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Upon the heels of Mardi Gras revelry comes the Lenten Season with its local ...

Each of my grandmothers, maternal and paternal, was beautiful. Yes, physically. But that was such a small bit of their beauty ...

The seventh in the "Notes on Prayer" series for this Holy Year is written by Sister Catherine Aubin, OP, and it presents some interesting ways for us to consider prayer from the perspective of those ...

Gisella Cardia of Trevignano Romano, a town about 30 miles northwest of Rome, claimed to see apparitions of the Blessed ... Catholic Review. An Italian woman’s alleged visions of the Virgin Mary ...

"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 announcement ...

Last year, the Catholic Church also formally dismissed the miracle claims. The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith upheld a report from the Diocese of Civita Castellana, which found ...

“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 ...