I first learned about the Seven Sorrows devotion through my obsession with art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary. While I was used to the joyful image of the Mother and Child, I was mesmerized by its ...

The Friday of Sorrows is celebrated before Palm Sunday, exactly one week before Good Friday. In the Catholic tradition, an altar is placed to the Virgin Mary to contemplate, console and learn from her ...

We easily recognize the Blessed Virgin Mary under some of her most popular titles — the Immaculate Conception, Queen of Heaven, Help of Christians, Star of the Sea, Seat of Wisdom. Yet we need to be ...

On Monday evening of the Fourth Week of Lent, I attended a presentation on the First Holy Triduum given by one of the Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters in our diocese. Three IHM sisters from California ...

Mary and St. John stand at the foot of cross in this depiction of Christ’s crucifixion at Holy Family Church in Ramallah, West Bank. (Credit: Debbie Hill/CNS.) Listen ROME — On the Friday before Holy ...

It is good to think about the seven sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who freely accepted her calling to be the Mother of God and our mother, Pope Francis said during his daily Mass on Friday.

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 ...

Pope Francis will travel to the Catholic-majority country of Slovakia on Sept. 12-15, stopping at four different locations. One of these is Šaštín, one of Slovakia’s youngest towns, where there is an ...

The titular feast of Our Lady of Sorrows was celebrated on Monday with solemnity in Codialbail Chapel of Bishop's House, generally known as Irmiz in the Catholic history of Mangalore. "The sorrows of ...

On the Friday before Holy Week, Pope Francis asked people to keep a long tradition of Catholic piety by focusing on "the suffering and sorrows of Our Lady." "Honor Our Lady and say, 'This is my mother ...