The Catholic Church has appropriated May for the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thus, every Catholic Church celebrates ...

One Mary, a myriad titles According to the Gospel, Mary is the mother of Jesus — and the mystery of the incarnation of the son of God through her is central to Christian dogma.

On the one hand, they were very critical of what they considered Marian excesses, and they talked at length about some of the ways in which Mary was given too much veneration, too much almost ...

Pope Leo XIV blesses the faithful inside the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, Sunday, May 25, 2025, after a ...

A Renaissance (c. 1524) oil-on-panel painting depicting Mary Magdalene transferring ointment from a maiolica pharmacy jar to a smaller vessel. Now located at the Walter's Art Museum in Baltimore ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful ...

In fact, according to the Catechism, Catholics are to give Mary special veneration, but not worship her — something reserved for God alone, Falanga said. It’s that relatability as a mother ...