Elenita de Jesús "is not the Virgin Mary," Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, wrote in the letter. Any attempt to identify her as Jesus Christ or the Virgin ...

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is a central figure in Christian belief. Her role in the incarnation-the birth of Jesus, considered both divine and human-is a cornerstone of Christian doctrine.

Chinese artists from the Republican era (1911-1949) experimented with their traditional ink painting techniques to create portraits of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, inspiring the rise of Chinese Catholic ...

A sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus has been destroyed just days after it went on view at a cathedral in northern Austria and drew criticism from some Catholics, who ...

Cora Louise Evans, who had visions of Jesus, the Virgin Mary and other Catholic saints in the 1950s, has moved closer to canonization as a saint.

Virgin Mary at center of Catholic, Orthodox Christian celebrations on Tuesday Tuesday’s Feast of the Assumption, which honors Mary, became dogma in 1950 August 12, 2023 at 2:47 a.m.

Lift me up not from Sara but from Mary, a virgin not only undefiled but a virgin whom grace had made inviolate, free of every stain of sin." St. Ambrose, "Commentary on Psalm 118," c. 387 A.D.

In an Aug. 1 letter addressed to the bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico, the prefect of the dicastery, Cardinal Víctor Fernández, confirmed that Elenita de Jesus “is not the Virgin Mary.” ...

I’m not so sure. First, Mary is sexualised. It’s right there in her name: The Virgin Mary.Virginity is inherently a sexual term – it invokes sex. It fetishises women and girls who haven’t ...

Most people know that the Virgin Mary is very popular among Catholic and Orthodox Christians. But what they usually don't know is that the Mother of God is also venerated by devotees from other ...

The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral.. Previous approved ...