St. Margaret Mary Alacoque — whose feast day is celebrated in the Church on Oct. 16 — was a French nun responsible for spreading the devotion of the Sacred Heart throughout the Western Church. Born in ...

Caption - Pope Francis pauses in prayer in front of a statue of Mary after celebrating Mass in Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Sept. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) The National ...

A statue of Mary with a crown, and a painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe are pictured at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., May 5, 2025. The month of May is devoted to Mary and is traditionally ...

'God wants to establish devotion to the Immaculate Heart in the world, because the world must recognize with utmost gratitude what this heart has done for it.' Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass in the ...

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to say "yes" to God's plan for the salvation of the world, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis told pilgrims present at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday that the Blessed Virgin Mary does not focus on herself but on her son, Jesus. “Mary is always the mother ...

Devotion to Mary has always been a part of the Black Catholic experience, according to Stacy Williams, director of the ...

FILE – Pilgrims wait their turn to enter the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexico City, Dec. 12, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country converge on Mexico’s holy Roman Catholic ...

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque — whose feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on Oct. 16 — was a French nun responsible for spreading the devotion of the Sacred Heart throughout the Western Church ...