"And he came to her and said, 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!'" This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:28) — one of the three synoptic Gospels — and it's part of the story of ...

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary ...

On November 12, Orthodox believers honor the Ozyansky Icon of the Mother of God, one of the most revered images associated ...

The life of the Christian is a life of prayer. When we pray, we do not pray alone. We are directing our prayer to God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and we make our prayers as members of the ...

The Vatican’s doctrine dicastery published a document on Tuesday strongly discouraging Catholics from referring to the ...

One of the most revered shrines in Russia, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, has remained for several centuries the main ...

There is little that is noteworthy about Nazareth, at least that’s how it was 2,000 years ago. Located north of the Sea of Galilee and built into a hillside, Nazareth was a sleepy town; it was ...

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of a fresco of Our Lady of Good Counsel at the shrine named after the image in Genazzano, Italy, southeast of Rome, on May 10, 2025. The shrine, with a famous image of Mary ...

St. John Paul II “referred to Mary as ‘Co-redemptrix’ on at least seven occasions,” the note said, but after consultation ...