Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

In his reflection before leading the Marian prayer, Pope Francis drew on the day’s Gospel reading — St. Luke’s account of Mary’s visitation. Pope Francis speaks to the crowd assembled in St. Peter's ...

In a letter to his brothers and sisters in Christ, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, appealed for peace in the Holy Land and included a prayer to Our Lady on the feast of ...

EWTN’s “Crushed by the Woman” — set to air on the Aug. 15 solemnity of the Assumption at 5:30 p.m. ET — aims to answer common questions Protestants ask regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary. The 30-minute ...

CENTRALIA — In a church that has withstood decades above a hellish mine fire, Archbishop Borys Gudziak delivered a message of hope at the Call To Prayer Pilgrimage Sunday in Assumption of the Blessed ...

It’s a mouthful of a name, isn’t it? Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church. For the faithful ’round these parts, the Pasadena church is simply “Assumption” or “ABVM.” It marked its ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday urged the faithful to adopt a “spirit of service,” pointing to the example of the Blessed Mother who went in haste to help her expectant cousin Elizabeth. The pope spoke to a ...