This feast was established by Pope Urban VI in 1389 in order to bring the Great Schism to an end through the intercession of ...

The Sept. 12 feast of the Holy Name of Mary reminds us of its stirring history and, above all, the reason why her name is a most powerful prayer. José Madrazo, ‘The Immaculata’, c. 1800 (photo: Public ...

In 1998, during a pilgrimage to venerate the Holy Shroud in Turin, Italy, our pilgrimage also went to Milan. Among the sites we visited was the Sanctuary of Maria Santissima Bambina – the miraculous ...

I was looking over an article by an anti-Catholic apologist, examining examples of “allegedly early veneration of Mary” and the thought came to me: “the earliest veneration of Mary is in the Bible ...

William: When you look into the early church, those men and women that walked and talked with the apostles were taught and trained by them that knew the bodily risen Lord. They believed things about ...

I first learned about the Seven Sorrows devotion through my obsession with art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary. While I was used to the joyful image of the Mother and Child, I was mesmerized by its ...

Some well-known Marian prayers have surprising roots. Catholics who use these familiar gems may appreciate them even more when they know something about their origins — from scriptural verses to the ...

Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of ...

A priest who was helping a Baptist woman to understand the perpetual virginity of Mary became a bit frustrated, finally blurting out: “God Himself was in Mary’s womb!” In a moment of illumination or ...

Most saints have only one liturgical feast or memorial during the year; a few have two. The Blessed Virgin Mary, however, is a unique exception. Can we even give a definitive answer to the question of ...

Not only was she there, she was best able to understand what was happening. I want to spend Holy Week with Mary this year. Not only was she there, watching it all, but her Immaculate Conception means ...

It is thought that this feast originated in connection with the Feast of the dedication of a church dedicated to Mary, now ...