A Feb. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes an image of Pope John Paul II being held by the Virgin Mary, who is dressed in blue. “THE VATICAN HAS JUST AUTHORIZED THIS PICTURE,” the ...

To honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Vatican offers a special Marian pilgrimage within St. Peter’s Basilica each Saturday afternoon during the month of May. The Marian itinerary brings pilgrims from ...

Across the street from San Fernando Cemetery, a small statue of La Virgen de San Juan de Los Lagos stares out from a craggy, capsulelike shrine in the front yard of Andrea Gomez’s small family home.

Worshippers in Colombia are convinced the face of the 'Virgin Mary' has appeared on a rock formation with the incredible likeness apparently popping up around three months ago ...

For two millennia, the Virgin Mary has been one of the world’s most venerated women. She is particularly revered in Mexico; the country's patron saint is Our Lady of Guadalupe, a form of the Virgin ...

Was there really a virgin birth in the Bible? No and yes, in that order. The virgin birth of Jesus to Mary is a cornerstone of Christian belief, and has been for nearly two thousand years. Yet for all ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s apparition time: 5:40 p.m. In a small Roman Catholic chapel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the village of Medjugorje, ...

Today, the Holy Catholic Church celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Catholics all over the world rejoice as September 8 each year marks the memorable feast of the anniversary of the ...

Stewart Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity College, University of Divinity Belief in the virgin birth comes from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Their birth stories are different, but both ...