Some Protestants and even groups within the Catholic Church, both openly and indirectly, deny the dogma of the virginity of ...

The Monastery of the Virgin Mary in Assiut holds special significance: It is considered to be the final stop of the Holy Family’s journey in Egypt. Celebrations for the feast of the Virgin Mary, ...

GENAZZANO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of ...

In June 1981, six children aged 10 to 16 claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hilltop near the town. Catholic believers pray at the site where the Virgin Mary is believed to have ...

FILE - Pilgrims walk on a rocky terrain to say their prayers on the Hill Of Appearance in Medjugorje, 100 kilometers south of Sarajevo, June 25, 2012. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is providing its ...

After decades, and controversy, the Vatican has authorized public worship at a shrine in Bosnia, where a once tranquil village has become a major pilgrimage site. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from ...

Khaleda Rahman is Newsweek's National Correspondent based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news. Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the ...

In the summer of 2011, Clark Strand, a respected author, former Zen monk, and someone whose work and hard-headed intelligence I have always admired, had an encounter so uncanny that it changed the ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, in order to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral.

VATICAN CITYVATICAN CITY — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral ...