When we celebrate the presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we give honor and respect to the Virgin, who is an example for ...

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, by Pietro Testa © The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Source: Christian Art.

Before concluding his Wednesday audience and imparting his paternal blessing for pilgrims, the Holy Father concluded his ...

"Though still a virgin she carried ... both flesh and spirit....both of Mary and of God." St. Ignatius of Antioch, "Epistle To The Ephesians," c. 105 A.D. "[Jesus] became man by the Virgin so ...

Jesus Christ, "the divine Teacher and Model of all perfection ... unites in herself and re-echoes the greatest teachings of the faith." (LG 60) The Blessed Virgin Mary – Chosen Model of Holiness ...

"Christians believe that Jesus is fully God and fully human ... the bishops of the United States unanimously declared the Blessed Virgin Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Conception ...

Apostolic Exhortation on Jesus Christ and the Peoples ... Chapter V is devoted to veneration of the Blessed Mother of Our Lord. Throughout the document reference is made to devotions pertaining to ...

The Blessed Virgin Mary, recounted St. Alphonsus ... explained that in purgatory those “who are spouses of Jesus Christ, Mary has a certain dominion and plenitude of power to relieve them ...

The focus on Mary’s purity equated with bodily and sexual chastity sets the gold standard for Christian womanhood ...

As the U.S. bishops began their fall general assembly Nov. 11, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio urged his brother bishops to beg ...