This is the first in an Advent series in which the author wonders with the mother of Jesus about current events, history, ...

Each of these 11 titles reveals another facet of Mary, the Mother of Jesus — Theotokos, New Eve, Ark of the Covenant, Handmaid of the Lord. In the end, every Marian image points to the same radiant ...

Church says Mary is mother and intercessor—but Christ alone is Redeemer and Mediator The DDF’s clarification is intended to guide Marian devotion so it remains 'Christ-centred.' Bloomberg Dubai: The ...

The prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, presents the declaration Dignitas Infinita during a news conference at the Vatican April 8, 2024 ...

While praising devotion to Mary, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith firmly rejected moves to formally proclaim Mary as "co-redemptrix" or "co-mediatrix." In a lengthy doctrinal note titled ...

A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Mary is arguably the most notable woman in history. Billions of Christians and Muslims alike honor her memory. Yet there is little information about her in the New Testament, and what is there has ...

Mary, Mother of God Parish will hold a cash bingo Oct. 19 at at 1 p.m. at Holy Rosary Center, Scranton. Tickets are $30 and must be purchased in advance. There will be 16 regular games with a cash ...

The Catholic Church needs the theological study and model of Mary, Pope Leo XIV said, calling for a great promotion of Mariology in parishes, religious life and educational centers. Mary, the mother ...

It is hard to overstate the literary impact, in 1997, of Arundhati Roy’s début novel, “The God of Small Things.” A family drama set in a small town in Kerala, in southern India, it was evocatively ...

Arundhati Roy’s coruscating new memoir centers her tumultuous relationship with her mother Mary Roy, a brilliant but volatile pathbreaker the acclaimed novelist calls “my mother, my gangster...my ...

When Arundhati Roy’s debut novel, “The God of Small Things,” was published in 1997, its powerful blend of family and political drama set against a backdrop of forbidden love dazzled the literary world ...