Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...

“Mary” is a fictionalized and heavily dramatized account of the life of the Virgin Mary ... Gabriel shows up and announces that she is pregnant with Jesus, Mary is not entirely sure it ...

Praying for the Virgin Mary’s intercession and being ... when Romans had control over the Jewish territory. After Mary became pregnant, her betrothed, Joseph, a carpenter, considered quietly ...

"Though still a virgin she carried a child in her womb, and the handmaid and work of his wisdom became the Mother of God." St. Ephraim of Syria, "Songs of Praise," c. 351 A.D. "There is One ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...

In rare icons, she’s represented pregnant or as an older woman ... Since the 19th century, May has been devoted to the Virgin Mary — though already in Greek and Roman times, goddesses of ...