It is therefore not surprising that the strongest devotion to Black Madonnas can typically be found in situations of great violence and suffering. In the case of Our Lady of Czestochowa, it is not ...

Christopher Columbus made a vow to the Madonna of Loreto in 1493 when he and his crew were caught in a storm during their return journey from the Americas. He later sent a sailor to Loreto on a ...

Our Lady of Loreto’s Catholic Church’s youth group, Dec. 1 set up its final living nativity production at its 309 W. Everett St. location. The church has been identified for closure by the Diocese of ...

Pope Francis elevated the feast of Our Lady of Loreto in 2019 by decreeing that it be included in the current Roman calendar as an optional memorial each year on Dec. 10.

Our Lady of Loreto, Pray for us. (Photo: Courtesy photo) As a seminarian, Bishop Rhoades had studied at the North American College in Rome, and traveled extensively throughout Italy.

In the recent past, St George’s basilica possessed a side painting depicting Our Lady of Loreto, now displayed at II-Ħaġar Museum. This small canvas was painted in 1766 by the most important ...

It arrived in Gozo on October 14, 1866. The feast of Our Lady of Loreto will be celebrated in Għajnsielem next Sunday. Today, Fr Michael Said will celebrate Mass for children at 9am.

Feast was last celebrated 40 years agoTwo hymns, dedicated to Our Lady of the Niche were played during the procession. One, entitled Lil Madonna ta’ Loreto was written by Mro Joseph Bezzina in ...

The Leone Band will perform at Our Lady of Loreto Square at 8.30pm. The celebrations will be broadcast live on Radju Lauretana 89.3FM and streamed live on www.radjulauretana.com.

The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950 Robert A. Orsi (Author) Yale University Press 287 pages $17.20 ...

The Lawretana choir will take part. The 100-year-old statue of Our Lady of Loreto (Black Madonna) is a replica of the one found at the sanctuary of the Holy House of Loreto in the Marche, Italy.

“The Ballad of Walsingham,” a lament for the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, was written a few decades after the shrine’s destruction by King Henry VIII in 1538.