On March 3, 2018, the Vatican announced Pope Francis’ decision that the Church celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as “Mother of the Church” every year on the Monday after ...

In the Roman Catholic ... The Feast of the Assumption is celebrated on Aug. 15 each year by the Catholic Church. ... UNDERSTANDING TRADITION THAT HELPS CATHOLICS MEDITATE ON JESUS AND MOTHER MARY.

Roman Catholics believe the doctrine of the Assumption, which teaches that at the end of her life, Mary, the mother of Christ, was taken body and soul (i.e. both physically and spiritually) into ...

Members of St. Mary of Assumption Catholic Church, commissioned this stained glass portrait of Mother Mary Lange, shown in 2015. Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead / Patuxent Publishing ...

Pope Francis on Saturday added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints, honoring young siblings who reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago. May 13, 2017 ...

Francis, the 266th pontiff in the church's nearly 2000-year history, was interred over the weekend in the Basilica of St. Mary Major after a funeral service that drew dozens of global leaders and ...

Francis, the 266th pontiff in the church's nearly 2000-year history, was interred over the weekend in the Basilica of St. Mary Major after a funeral service that drew dozens of global leaders and ...