In a preface to the note, Cardinal Fernández wrote that the document responds to questions the dicastery received in recent ...

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

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, speaks during an Oct. 3 Mass he celebrated to bless the ...

A new decree from the Holy See's top doctrinal office, approved by Pope Leo XIV, instructs the world's 1.4 billion Catholics ...

The Vatican will clarify the Catholic Church’s position on some of Mary’s titles and her "cooperation in the work of ...

Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

In 1998, during a pilgrimage to venerate the Holy Shroud in Turin, Italy, our pilgrimage also went to Milan. Among the sites we visited was the Sanctuary of Maria Santissima Bambina – the miraculous ...

For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation. January 1 marks the Solemnity of Mary, a day the honors the role of Mary as the Mother of God, ...

Spiritual preparations for the Nativity of Mary blending culture and faith are underway in the Holy Land, where the Indian Chaplaincy serves emigrants from Goa and elsewhere in India. "A grandiose ...

LOWELL — Leaves float down like golden snowflakes in the late afternoon sun. Walnuts fall from their branches and hit the ground with sharp thuds. Nearby, two nuns in powder-blue habits pick apples ...

To himself be made by you. The lines are an apt expression of the manifold contradictions embodied in the Christian mythology of Mary. “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea”, a new exhibition at the ...