Jesus' birth was a miracle. Why? He was conceived by a virgin. Mary was the mother of Jesus. Catholics believe she is a Saint that you can pray to. Non-Catholic Christians view Mary's role as a ...

Sunday, Jan. 19, is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11. In this Sunday’s Gospel passage of the Wedding ...

May is a month to honor mothers. Mother’s Day falls on May 11 this year in the United States and Canada as the Catholic tradition continues of honoring, throughout the entire month, Mary, the mother ...

The prayer of the Christian has a maternal dimension to it. Believers are encouraged to turn to Mary as their spiritual mother. As the Lord Jesus entrusted his heart to her, so we are called to do ...

“We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God”. In the present tragic situation, when the whole world is prey to suffering and anxiety, we fly to you, Mother of God and our Mother, and seek refuge ...

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Solemnities: Celebrating a Tapestry of Divine Beauty. Catholics see the world as a marriage of the spiritual and material, not a divorce of these two ...

The global Catholic Church coming together to pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic represents the hope and faith of the people of God and how they find solace and strength together with Mary, ...

I first learned about the Seven Sorrows devotion through my obsession with art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary. While I was used to the joyful image of the Mother and Child, I was mesmerized by its ...

To channel God’s blessing to another person in antiquity resembled both a human touch and a gesture of sacred promise. The first reading on this Octave Day of Christmas is known within biblical ...

We mark the start of the New Year by celebrating the motherhood of Mary. As she gave birth to Jesus, the firstborn of the Second Creation, so a whole new era of possibility was born for us all. The ...