I recall a priest friend of mine who pointed out that the Virgin Mary was the second-most-often-quoted person in the Gospels. It’s not that I didn’t believe him but it just didn’t seem ...

From Michelangelo’s Pieta to a 12th-century painting, St. Peter’s Basilica contains priceless sacred art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary.

During the festival, I saw Mary and Joseph appearing in their wedding garments on each side of the ring, as if Joseph were placing the ring on the Blessed Virgin’s finger.

The most recognizable feature at the National Shrine Grotto is a 26-foot tall gilded sculpture of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 418 W 15th St. in Lorain, will host a ‘Hidden Treasures’ guided tour along with Lorain’s St. Peter’s Church on Sept. 24.

A Central Texas man captured a “hauntingly beautiful” photo of a clay statue of the Virgin Mary silhouetted against the flames moments before a burning 125-year-old Central Texas collapsed.

The year was 1945, and 9-year-old Joseph Vitolo was playing in an empty lot on the Grand Concourse when he said The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to him. The story made headlines around the world as… ...

“The Blessed Virgin is she who goes before us on the journey, reminding us all that our life is also a continuous journey toward the horizon of the final encounter with the Lord,” he said.

What the Feast of the Assumption means to Christians who’ve lived through a brutal war, and to those who could only watch from afar.

Anna Otzinger, 61, from Vienna, describes her vision of the Virgin Mary. “She was so beautiful,” said Otzinger, “She didn’t look anything like the statue.