The dangers of life are many and safety is one of those dangers. Devotions can deflect us from what’s more central and can ...

St. John Paul II said of Mary: “This woman of faith, Mary of Nazareth, the Mother of God, has been given to us as a model in our pilgrimage of faith.” And yet, many of us may not have a personal ...

Pope Francis told pilgrims present at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday that the Blessed Virgin Mary does not focus on herself but on her son, Jesus. “Mary is always the mother ...

In the history of the spiritual life of the Church, devotion to Mary has always held a prominent and beloved place. As Christians have sought to draw close to the Lord Jesus, they have naturally ...

The surveys were conducted by CARA in collaboration with the Diocese of Saginaw from March to May 2025. Mosaic of Mary, Virgin Immaculate, in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.

VATICAN CITY, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has approved a Catholic spiritual devotion centred in Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia that has been steeped in controversy over whether the Virgin Mary ...

When pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, they will see not ...

In his History of the Reformation in Scotland, John Knox described an incident from his early life as a Protestant. Having been delivered from "the puddle of papistry," as he called it, he was taken ...

(RNS) — Catholic Director D.J. Caruso hopes to tell Mary’s story through her own eyes and appeal to new generations. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Catholic Hollywood director D.J. Caruso (“Disturbia”) set out ...

El Rocío, Spain — Their faces, hats and flamenco dresses caked in dust, hundreds of pilgrims gathered around an ox-driven carriage with their icon of the Virgin Mary after slogging on foot, horses and ...