Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, then president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led a "Renewal of the ...

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me," sang Paul McCartney in the enduring 1970 Beatles' anthem, ...

Donations of clothing and nonperishable foods will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Hollidaysburg ...

Donations of clothing and nonperishable foods will be accepted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Hollidaysburg ...

‘All generations will call me blessed': ‘The Church's devotion ... an ‘epitome of the whole Gospel,' express this devotion to the Virgin Mary." 1 1. CCC, 971. The internal quotes are from ...

St. Athanasius, "The Incarnation of the Word of God," c. 365 A.D. "And to holy Mary, [the title] 'Virgin' is invariably added, for that holy woman remains undefiled." St. Epiphanius of Salamis ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

The Vatican has disclosed that late Pope Francis will be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in the Pauline Chapel.

Pope Francis had a special devotion to the Marian icon, Salus Populi Romani (Salvation or Health of the Roman People), which ...

More than 61,000 people have visited the basilica so far to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died April 21.

The basilica contains the Salus Populi Romani, a celebrated oil painting of the Blessed ... icon before and after international trips. The church is the first shrine to the Virgin Mary in the Western ...

Worshippers claim they saw the 'crying' statue at a Good Friday service, during Holy Week in the town of Aguas Claras, in Colombia, just days before Pope Francis I's death ...