O Virgin most pure, wholly unspotted, O Mary, Mother of God, Queen of the universe, you are above all saints, the hope of the elect and the joy of all the blessed. It is you who have reconciled us ...

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 ...

Mary, Mother of God Parish will hold a cash bingo Oct. 19 at at 1 p.m. at Holy Rosary Center, Scranton. Tickets are $30 and must be purchased in advance. There will be 16 regular games with a cash ...

In May, 1998, not long after Arundhati Roy published her first novel, won the Booker Prize and took the literary establishment by storm, a close friend broached a delicate subject. “I’ve been thinking ...

A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Day morning, Dec. 25 — a custom dating to the pontificate of St. John Paul II. The Vatican announced Tuesday Pope Leo’s Mass ...