Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first ...

One Mary, a myriad titles According to the Gospel, Mary is the mother of Jesus — and the mystery of the incarnation of the son of God through her is central to Christian dogma. The oldest title ...

According to the Gospel, Mary is the mother of Jesus — and the mystery of the incarnation of the son of God through her is central to Christian dogma. The oldest title for Mary is precisely ...

GENAZZANO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the ...

The oldest title for Mary is precisely “mother of God,” or Theotokos in the original Greek. It was chosen after heated theological debate in the first centuries of Christianity. St. Mary Major ...