Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and ...

If Mary is not the Mother of God, then the Bible in this ... as the Worthy Vessel (made worthy by God), she gave birth to the living Person, Jesus Christ. She gave birth to the Second Person ...

Every January 1st, the Catholic Church celebrates Mary, Mother of God. From the very first day ... who had the privilege of conceiving, giving birth to, and raising the Savior of the world.

I believe in miracles too, in my way, reconciling rationalism and inklings of a preternatural reality by means of “radical amazement.” That’s a core concept of the great modern Jewish philosopher ...

Mary, our Mother, is for us both an example and a way. In the ordinary circumstances in which God wants us to live, we have to try to be like her." 33 "Mary has gone to heaven in both body and ...

Jesus Christ on the cross is not only a story of total surrender and eternal redemption. It is also a tale of all-embracing obedience on the part of St. John.

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On the night of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis told the assembled faithful from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that “tomorrow I wish to go and pray to the Madonna.” And so he did, ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...