Devotees consider this Feast of the Assumption as Mama Mary’s "heavenly birthday”. Rather than a day of mourning for her loss, this day is celebrated for the “joy for the union of the mother ...

The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated by Catholics each year on Aug. 15. The day celebrates the assumption of Mary's body and soul into heaven.

Today, Catholics and many other Christians celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This significant feast day recalls the spiritual and physical departure of the mother ...

Today, August 15, Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Assumption - “the spiritual and physical departure of the mother of Jesus Christ from the earth, when both her soul and her body were taken ...

Roman Catholics believe the doctrine of the Assumption, which teaches that at the end of her life, Mary, the mother of Christ, was taken body and soul (i.e. both physically and spiritually) into ...

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).

On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day is a relatively ...

The St Mary’s Syro Malabar community will this Sunday host the annual Assumption of Mother Mary celebrations, bringing the colour, music and traditional foods of the community’s Indian roots ...

Reciting the Angelus prayer with visitors in St. Peter's Square Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption, the pope entrusted to Mary's care the people around the world experiencing war.

On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day, a solemnity, is a relatively new ...

The St Mary’s Syro Malabar community will this Sunday host the annual Assumption of Mother Mary celebrations, bringing the colour, music and traditional foods of the community’s Indian roots ...