COMMENTARY: As the old year gives way to the new, it is timely to recall two important anniversaries of the venerable Marian ...

As we learn how to pray as Christians, we realize that God has blessed us with an expansive family. It is a family that includes those on earth and those already in eternity. It is a beautiful and ...

Scores of Catholics and other practicing Christians pray the rosary all year long — and many bestow gifts of rosaries on family and friends for Christmas and other special occasions. What is the ...

The life and death of Mary, Queen of Scots, continue to fascinate almost 500 years after her reign. Crowned queen of Scotland at just six days old, the Stuart monarch’s tenure was marked by conflicts ...

Profound and constant prayer enabled the Virgin Mary to embrace God's will in her life, Pope Benedict XVI taught in his March 14 general audience. Jesus' mother “was placed by the Lord at the decisive ...

Mary was the mother of Jesus. Catholics believe she is a Saint that you can pray to. Non-Catholic Christians view Mary's role as a servant, and her attributes are worthy of emulation to learn how to ...

The natural region of Trièves, in the French Alps south of Grenoble, is a haven of spiritual, natural and architectural treasures. For the few missionary priests in this vast, secularized territory, ...

An Illinois priest has alleged that Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, ordered him to cease praying the Prayer to St. Michael and the Hail Mary publicly after Mass, but the church's pastor ...

A 16th Century prayer book gifted to Mary Queen of Scots and signed by the doomed monarch is to go up for auction this summer with an estimated sale price of up to £350,000 Highly illuminated and ...

Mary, Queen of Scots has been a source of fascination to history fanatics for centuries; a tragic figure whose life was cut short after she was found guilty of plotting to assassinate her Protestant ...