JESUS Christ told Irish visionary Christian Gallagher when she visited the Philippines in 1992 at our Lord’s instruction: “I thank you for coming, my little one. Because you have come, I am able to ...

For the fifth consecutive year, faithful in the region have been consecrated to the Mother of God. Above, a procession of a statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary leading into the basilica of Harissa, ...

Pope Benedict XVI greeted thousands of pilgrims and faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square today for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and prayed the Angelus with them. Prior to ...

This year is the 170th anniversary of the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX in his encyclical Ineffabilis Deus (1854), which declared that the Virgin Mary, “from ...

“Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord; May it be done to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). Genesis 3:9-15, 20; Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1:26-38 Displacing Mary’s feast of the Immaculate ...

With Our Lady's Immaculate Conception, God was, even before Mary's birth, putting into motion his plan of salvation for the world, Pope Francis said Sunday. "Today we consider the beginning of this ...

A statue of Mary is seen May 12, 2019, at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal. (Credit: Pedro Nunes/Reuters via CNS.) Listen ROME – Pope Francis will consecrate Russia to the Immaculate ...

A do-over. Who has not wanted one, at times with no little desperation? We often allow little kids to try again. Hard to keep their spirits growing without a do-over. But becoming an adult means that ...

The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk is photographed Feb. 17, 2023. St. Mary’s is a historically Black church and received a grant for preservation from the National ...