In addition to being a symbol of faith for Catholics as a version of the Virgin Mary (the mother of Jesus) who appeared in 1531 before an Indigenous man named Juan Diego at the top of Tepeyac Hill ...

The most popular Marian title in Latin American countries is Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mary appeared to a humble Native American, St. Juan Diego, on a hill in what is now Mexico City in 1531.

Virgin Mary at center of Catholic, Orthodox Christian celebrations on Tuesday Tuesday’s Feast of the Assumption, which honors Mary, became dogma in 1950 August 12, 2023 at 2:47 a.m.

Parishioners representing cultures from Latin America, Asia, and Africa participated in dances dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a mass led by Bishop John P Dolan of the Diocese of Phoenix that took ...

When nuns cry. Church-goers in Mexico claimed to have witnessed a miracle after spotting a statue of the Virgin Mary that appeared to be weeping real tears amid the spike in cartel violence.

Visualizing the Virgin Mary — an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles — shows how she was portrayed by artists in the Middle Ages, before ...

On entering their church, parishioners are greeted by the words of the “Hail Mary,” inscribed in Latin over the triple-portal front entryway. Portal with Hail Mary The allure of Assumption ...

The Spanish army, meanwhile, adopted the “Virgin of Los Remedios,” another title for Mary, as their own patroness. She would later be invoked in support of Indigenous people and mestizos ...

A Virgin Mary statue is being built in Poland and it may be the world's tallest religious statue once construction is completed. The build will stand nearly 200 feet.

Cardinal Sarah said Pope Francis welcomed people’s desire to include these invocations in the formulary of the litany. The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Litany of Loreto ...

Construction has begun on a 180-foot statue of the Virgin Mary in Konotopie, Poland. 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.