Pope Francis has invited Catholics worldwide to renew the act of consecrating the church and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine, to Mary every March 25, the feast of the Annunciation.
At the end of his general audience in St. Peter's Square March
A reader writes: “I wonder why the Morning Offering Prayer, that I’ve been saying since I was about 12 years old, begins with the words, ‘O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.’ I know why we add, ‘through Christ Our Lord’
There is a legend from the 15th century of a knight’s fidelity to Our Blessed Mother and how Our Lady of the Vine shielded him. The account has it that this Christian knight of Viterbo, Italy, was defenseless when his enemies came
Cardinal Wilton Gregory delivers a meditation on the Solemn Feast of Mary the Mother of God.
Be ready for Mass this Sunday, the solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. In this week’s reflection, Father Josh Whitfield writes: “When Marian devotion is part of healthy Catholic experience, one’s Catholic experience is theologically sound. That is,
Columnist David Mills looks at what many think of the Church in theory versus the Church’s reality: “The friend, like many friends in the Protestant world I left two decades ago, felt strongly attracted to the Church and its distinctive doctrines, but
In a new essay marking the celebration of the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, author Samantha Stephenson, a convert to the Faith, explains how she grew to love the Blessed Virgin and how that love brought her closer to Christ: “While
God promises healing from generation to generation, but to those who are suffering from the effects of family abuse and dysfunction, the hope of such healing can be so hard to believe. As Erin McCole Cupp writes in an essay for Our
A reader asks Msgr. Charles Pope to clear up confusion about Genesis 3:15, as it can be hard to figure out whether it is Jesus or Mary who struck at Satan’s head in the verse, as different translations point toward different answers.
For Sarah Hart, writing a new hymn is always about pleasing God.
"I do think, 'God, I hope this is pleasing to you. I hope that this thing I'm doing is my prayer to you,'" she told the Tennessee Register, newspaper of the