The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ ...

Pope Francis told pilgrims present at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday that the Blessed Virgin ...

Turning to the plight of Middle Eastern Christians, Pope Francis on Saturday prayed for their continued witness in a region ...

In Rome, the pope and the catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East hold an historic meeting, following in the footsteps ...

Unless you have looked at a picture to prepare yourself, at first sight the tomb of the Blessed Carlo Acutis, which stands in ...

By Devin Watkins “Through the intercession of St. Isaac of Nineveh and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ our God and ...

According to the 25th Session of this General Council: The images of Christ and of the Virgin Mother of God ... towards God alone and not towards Mary or the saints (1 Tim. 1:17).

A spokesman for the Vatican did not immediately respond to a request for ... referring at times to the Virgin Mary or the ...

Pope Francis presided over the canonization Mass for 11 Christians martyred in 19th-century Syria and three founders of religious orders at the Vatican ... to the Virgin Mary, Consoler of the ...

cofounder of the Family of Mary, was reached by a three-judge ecclesiastical tribunal Sept. 18 and approved by Pope Francis Oct. 11. The decision was then formalized by the Vatican’s Dicastery ...

Initially, it was founded as a benevolent religious association to help churches persecuted by communism during the Cold War when many priests behind the Iron Curtain ended up in prison.