Previously, May 31 had been the feast of the Queenship of Mary, which was consequently moved to a much more fitting date, Aug. 22, the octave of the Assumption (Aug. 15).

About an hour and a half north of Budapest by car, there’s a little yellow church — the Basilica of Our Lady of the ...

Inside, too many faces line the walls. I walk in and walk straight back out.

Pope Sixtus V later reestablished the feast in 1585, and it is still celebrated today, commemorating the faith of her parents, Joachim and Anne, and the purity of Mary.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son's Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians: In giving birth you kept your virginity; in ...

Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks of July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, bringing back a centuries-old ...

“Think about Mother Seton, our first American-born saint. She walked these same paths, more or less, to make a sacrifice for ...

"Let us bring the peace of the risen Lord to our world, with the freedom born of the knowledge that we have been loved, ...

The Oca (Goose) contrada won the Siena Palio on Thursday night. Veteran jockey Giovanni Atzeni aka Tittia, on board the bay gelding and debutant Diodoro, led from start to finish of the iconic ...

Yigo celebrates its annual Our Lady of Lourdes feast with a procession on Feb. 15, 2025, alongside World Day of the Sick, drawing a record crowd and igniting a renewed sense of hope among the ...

From a centuries-old horse race to famed opera festivals and medieval jousting tournaments, there’s a lot to experience in ...

It was arguably the biggest game of the day on Sunday, June 22: The Collar Classic. Priests versus Seminarians for all the ...