Why do we go on a pilgrimage? What moves us? How do we prepare? How would it be like to see friends again after all these years? What awaits us at our destination? I had these considerations in mind ...

Saint Joachim is regarded as the father of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus. Tradition has it that Joachim was a retired ...

The titles risk obscuring the revealed truth that Christ is “the sole Mediator and Redeemer,” a new document from the Vatican’s doctrinal office says.

The document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Pope Leo XIV, offers clarifications on titles ...

Two international congregations of women religious have formally merged more than five years after first expressing the ...

A 110-year-old believed to have been the oldest man in Germany has died. Karl Haidle passed away peacefully on Saturday night ...

She’s the subject of the most-recited prayer in the world, but Mary also might be one of the least-known women in history, biblical scholar James D. Tabor argues in his latest book, “ The Lost Mary: ...

A new book, the fruit of 20 years of research, aims to unearth Mary’s real identity, which the author said has been lost amid ...

Iran has unveiled a new subway station in Tehran called Maryam-e Moqaddas, meaning Holy Virgin Mary, sparking global discussion about faith, symbolism and the country’s image. The station, adorned ...

Carved portrait of Mary at the Holy Virgin Mary Subway Station in Tehran. Credit: Shayan Mehrabi / Tehran Picture Agency / CC BY 4.0 A new subway station named in honor of the Holy Virgin Mary is set ...

A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

What is the significance of an ordinary life? Are there turning points where we could engineer change or does existence just unfold with an inevitability that we barely notice? These are the questions ...