According to the Catholic Church's calendar of saints, January 1st is a day of joy, dedicated to Mary, Mother of God. On this ...

New Year’s Day Wünschung or “wishing” is an example of what anthropologists call “sympathetic magic.” Its practice is nigh ...

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is unquestionably the senior saint within the Christian tradition. Yet we know remarkably little ...

Acting as Mary, Jesus’ mother, on “The Chosen” has prompted actress Vanessa Benavente to think about motherhood and the ...

His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, along with bishops and priests, presided over ...

Since the Roman Calendar Reform of 1969, the Church observes Jan. 1 as the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. This is not, however, an observance pulled out of whole cloth. Honoring Mary as the mother ...

Linguistic clues in One Piece suggest Mary Geoise was originally "Mary Joy," symbolizing the sea and joy. The theory connects ...

On the first day of 2025, Pope Francis warned Christians against “imagining or inventing a God in the abstract” during his ...

King Frederik of Denmark has paid tribute to his Australian-born wife Queen Mary and their four children as he delivered his ...