How updated Vatican rules on validating supernatural appearances of Mary will affect the famed pilgrimage site of Medjugorje
For over 40 years, six people from Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, have claimed to see and speak with the ...
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How the Virgin Mary Became the World’s Most Powerful Woman
Here dancers prepare for a midnight ceremony in her honor. Certain images and stories of the Virgin Mary are so powerful they help define a country. That’s the case with Our Lady of Guadalupe ...
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BBC faces fury for portraying Virgin Mary as rape victim
A BBC documentary suggesting that the Virgin Mary was raped by a Roman soldier has provoked a deluge of complaints and been censured by the Vatican. More than 500 viewers called to protest about ...
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Blessed Virgin Mary
But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel Gabriel announced to her the glad tidings that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow ...
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Replica image of second-most visited Mexican Virgin Mary visits SoCal parishes
The replica image of the Virgin of San Juan de Los Lagos will visit several parishes in Southern California from Friday ...
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Pope Francis: True Devotion to Mary Always ‘Points to Jesus’
Before concluding his Wednesday audience and imparting his paternal blessing for pilgrims, the Holy Father concluded his ...
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The Four Marian Dogmas
begotten from the Father before the ages as regards his godhead, and in the last days, the same, because of us and because of our salvation begotten from the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos ...
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After 40 years, 10-meter Virgin Mary statue set for Nagasaki
Oyamatsu named his statue the “St. Mary Kannon of Hara Castle.” The name contains reference to Maria Kannon, or images of Virgin Mary in the guise of the Kannon deity of Buddhism, which hidden ...
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Dormition of the Theotokos
The Feast of the Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on August 15 each year. The Feast commemorates the repose (dormition and in the Greek kimisis) or ...
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Mary as the Mother of the Church and God
By her complete adherence to the Father's will, to his Son's redemptive work, and to every prompting of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary is the Church's model of faith and charity.
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Nativity of the Theotokos
Abolishing death, He granted us eternal life. The Feast of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8 each year. The Feast commemorates the ...
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In pictures: Mary’s early days
The team are building a pioneering new bear sanctuary. Giles has his work cut with Mary, a five-month-old sun bear cub. Mary’s mother was killed in the wild and she was sold into the illegal ...