Modern Influences — How Mary remains an icon of strength and agency, celebrated in contemporary art, film and music. Finding the Virgin Mary offers readers a transformative perspective on this ...

‘The Rosary of the Virgin Mary ... remains … a prayer of great significance, destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness,’ wrote Pope St. John Paul II in ...

365 A.D. "And to holy Mary, [the title] 'Virgin' is invariably added, for that holy woman remains undefiled." St. Epiphanius of Salamis, "Medicine Chest Against All Heresies," c. 375 A.D. "The ...

Greek for “god-bearer,” is an Orthodox designation for the Virgin Mary, and “dormition” offers a response to the question, “Whatever happened to Mary?” In Chapter 1 of Acts of the Apostles, we learn ...

For now, the Change.org petition remains online, a reminder of the community opposition to a 20-foot Virgin Mary standing on the volcano. But while the Virgin Mary statue has its critics ...

The interior of Santa Maria Maggiore remains close to its origins. The central nave is lined by 40 Ionic columns and contains exquisite mosaics. One legend ties the basilica to the Virgin Mary ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims slogged for days under a punishing sun through country roads, sandy paths, even a ...