The shrine at Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary is venerated as 'Our Lady of Lourdes,' following several apparitions reported in 1858. (LandFoto/iStock / Getty Images Plus) Deirdre de la Cruz ...

The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith announced Thursday that alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary outside of Rome are not supernatural, upholding the local bishop’s ban on ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman Catholicism in recent years: the reported "apparitions" of the Virgin Mary ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful ...

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) announced the approval of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Pierina Gilli, an Italian visionary who received apparitions and messages ...

about the Virgin Mary, gave a good, generalized explanation of the Catholic devotion to Mary, the mother of God. I noticed that on the apparitions of Mary, the article included the three most ...

The Vatican’s intervention is in regards to the claims by self-styled visionary Gisella Cardia and her husband, Gianni, who reported alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary, Jesus, and God the ...

Pope Leo XIV's recent public blessing and visit to Marian sites highlight the central role of Virgin Mary veneration in ...

Some of those original “seers” have claimed the visions have occurred regularly since then, even daily, and that Mary sends them ... the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje have never been ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics ... Then there are titles related to apparitions. In December, millions gather in Mexico, and across the Americas, to celebrate the Virgin ...