The controversial item is an icon of Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus, who is depicted only ... the picture in fact symbolizes "erasing Christ from the cross and the denial of his resurrection." ...

Pope Leo XIV's recent public blessing and visit to Marian sites highlight the central role of Virgin Mary veneration in ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church ponders the deeper meaning of the virgin bride and perpetual virginity (499-507). It also maintains that Jesus Christ ... Mary is the "eschatological icon ...

The icon of the Annunciation is one that presents the joy ... The Incarnate God: The Feasts of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, Catherine Aslanoff, editor and Paul Meyendorff, translator (Crestwood, ...

Jesus is not in the tomb, he is alive! Love has triumphed over hatred, light over darkness and truth over falsehood." He also wished that "the risen Christ ... to the Virgin Mary – as opposed ...

Worshippers in Aguas Claras, Colombia, say they witnessed a 'miracle' as the statue of the Virgin Mary was filmed with what appeared to be tears running down her cheeks Read the full story ...

Historically, devotion to the Heart of Mary grew up in parallel, but at a lesser intensity than that of devotion to the Heart of Jesus ... people to love Christ and the Virgin Mary by speaking ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful GENAZZANO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking ...