Since the 19th century, May has been devoted to the Virgin Mary — though already in Greek and Roman times, goddesses of fertility were celebrated in this month of springtime blooming, she added.

The "Fatima prayer" originates from a reported 1917 apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal. Zelonis said he is fond of using a scriptural rosary, which contains a passage to meditate on ...

I write regarding the May 18 article “Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary.” The Associated Press article in the Maine Sunday Telegram, about the Virgin Mary, gave a good ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis pointed to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a model of prayer that transforms restlessness into openness to God’s will in his livestreamed general audience address Wednesday.

A Romanian Roma man teaches his son to pray during a religious service celebrating the Birth of the Virgin Mary at the Bistrita Monastery in Costesti, Romania ...

Nation & World Hail Mary, full of grace: Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary May 16, 2025 at 10:09 pm By Giovanna Dell'Orto ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after ...