Thousands of pilgrims gathered in southern Spain on Monday to honour the Virgin of El Rocío, a revered Catholic icon of the ...

A million people make wilderness pilgrimage to honour 13th-century Virgin Mary icon - The romería del Rocío has grown into ...

In addition to approving rezoning for the planned hotel at 233 Washington Ave., the City Council had a full agenda Monday ...

On the rural islands of Nagasaki, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time ...

Faizan Zaki's enthusiasm for spelling nearly got the better of him. Ultimately, his joyful approach made him the Scripps ...

He then took the popemobile for a visit to St. Mary Major, where he prayed before Pope Francis’ tomb and an icon of the Virgin Mary beloved to many Roman faithful. Story continues below this ad In his ...

In Greece, a beekeeper's decade-long practice of placing religious icons in hives has yielded a remarkable phenomenon. Bees construct honeycombs aroun ...

Despite the global spread of Marian devotion, Mary is depicted differently across cultures and historical periods. There are Black Madonnas, like Brazil’s beloved Virgin of Aparecida. Some icons show ...

Security video caught a person knocking the head off of a statue depicting the Virgin Mary early Thursday morning at a Wichita clinic that offers free healthcare to people who can’t afford it.

a time for another traditional daily invocation to the Virgin Mary. Two mothers who went to morning Mass on a recent weekday at the Genazzano chapel — where the Mary icon stands — said they ...