Mary

One of the most beautiful homilies of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate to date was delivered May 8, 2026, the first anniversary of his election.

Ahead of Easter, Martin Scorsese’s docudrama series about the saints is featuring the queen of all saints: Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Catholics worldwide were asked to dedicate the first Saturday of the month — for five consecutive months, thus “Five First Saturdays” — to confession, reception of holy Communion, and the …

“I have a devotion to the Virgin Mary,” the artist said. “When I think of the Virgin Mary, I think of her as (living) in every woman.”

While praising devotion to Mary, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith firmly rejected moves to formally proclaim Mary as “co-redemptrix” or “co-mediatrix.”

Christians must avoid using their faith to label those who are different — often the poor — as enemies to be avoided and rejected, Pope Leo XIV said.

In the presence of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Leo XIV called for the warring to lay down their weapons.

The third national peregrination of the icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa through Poland’s nearly 10,000 parishes is underway.

The Catholic Church needs the theological study and model of Mary, Pope Leo XIV said, calling for a great promotion of Mariology in parishes, religious life and educational centers.

(OSV News) — Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses of Seville urged unity among Catholics upset over the recent restoration of a 17th-century statue of the Virgin Mary known as the …