GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — The month of May is dedicated to Marian celebrations, so here’s a look at the history and traditions about Mary and why praying to her means so much to so many.

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of ...

Since the 19th century, May has been devoted to the Virgin Mary — though already in Greek and Roman times, goddesses of fertility were celebrated in this month of springtime blooming, she added.

Can Pope Leo XIV's boyhood church — St. Mary of the Assumption — be saved ? The church’s owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, 418 W. 15th St. in Lorain, is celebrating the Jubilee Year and will put an emphasis on those who work in the health care professions, according to a news… ...

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish is one of 11 sites designated by the Diocese if Cleveland as a sacred site during this Jubilee Year, the release said.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Upon the heels of Mardi Gras revelry comes the Lenten Season with its local pilgrimage right here in Port Arthur March 15. You don’t have to go to ...

The statue of Mary itself is to be 133.2-feet high, sitting atop a pedestal in the form of a 50-foot-high crown.

Established in 1853, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of Singapore's oldest Catholic churches.

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dec. 8) is a holy day in the U.S. because it is under this title that the Mother of the Lord is our patroness -- it is now always ...

A "hateful" vandal smashed a statue of the Blessed Mary outside the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jamaica, Queens, this week, the Diocese of Brooklyn said.