Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became patroness of the United States before the Vatican officially defined that belief ...

Joining Pope Leo XIV in a worldwide rosary for peace, several hundred people gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine ...

Each of the joyful mysteries of the rosary was prayed at the basilica with a related Scripture reading and a special intention for peace.

The relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French Visitation sister who experienced visions of Jesus revealing his Sacred ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At the height of summer in the Philippines, particularly in the vibrant month of May, the ...

In May 1917, three Portuguese children declared that they had seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary in a meadow. The prophecies they received fuelled anti-communist sentiment in the Cold War. In 1992, ...

The Israeli military said on Thursday it "respects freedom of religion and worship, as well as holy sites and religious symbols of all religions and communities." The Israeli military said on Thursday ...

Israel’s military has launched an investigation after a photo circulated online showing a soldier desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon. The military said on Wednesday that it ...

The Israeli military said the photograph was taken several weeks ago in Lebanon Israel's military has said it investigating an Israeli soldier who was photographed smoking and placing another ...

An IDF soldier was seen placing a cigarette into the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary, in a Christian village in southern Lebanon, in a photo shared online on Wednesday. After identifying the ...

The photo, Kan News reported, had been uploaded by IDF soldiers to social media and taken in the village of Debel sometime over the last day. Photos of an IDF soldier smoking while putting a cigarette ...

A soldier seen in a photo placing a cigarette into the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary, in a Christian village in southern Lebanon, will be disciplined, the military says. In response to a query, ...