Mary

On May 17, 1846, the U.S. bishops, 23 in number, consecrated the United States of America to the patronage of the Blessed Mother under the title of the Immaculate Conception.

Whether as the infant leaping for joy in his mother’s womb as she greets Mary who is pregnant with the promised Savior, or as the austere, locust-eating prophet, John the Baptist is one of the best-known figures in Scripture.

Pope Leo XIV will preside over a worldwide rosary for peace, uniting Marian shrines across continents in simultaneous prayer to close the Catholic Church’s month of devotion to the Virgin Mary.

Learn more about six of the most influential approved Marian apparitions of the past five centuries.

The McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame released “Mary, Icon of the Church,” a new short film exploring what it means for a university to be consecrated to Our Lady.

Catholics and people worldwide associate St. Valentine’s feast day with love and romance. Here are five married couples who are saints today because they lived out a vocation of love for each other — and for God.

Thousands of pilgrims have gathered at the shrine of Fatima Rani in northern Bangladesh to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the locally famed pilgrimage site.

It is a sad reality that Catholics sometimes get the impression that asking questions about their faith is a sign of faithlessness.