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‘A huge loss.’ In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan ’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a ...
Hail Mary, full of grace: Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary
Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei.
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Hail Mary, full of grace: Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary
How Mary is represented, however, varies greatly across time and places, Harris added. There are “Black” Virgin ... holding the baby Jesus, as in the Genazzano 15th century painting, a close ...
Artist Caravaggio's faith shines in new Rome exhibit and at churches run by Pope Leo XIV's order
ROME -- The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin ...
The Independent20d
Hail Mary, full of grace: Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary
She’s either portrayed alone or, most often, holding the baby Jesus, as in the Genazzano 15th century painting ... May has been devoted to the Virgin Mary — though already in Greek and ...
The Church Times1d
From activist to artist: Nancy Willis on the search for self-expression
Her art, in which disability and women feature, has been visiting churches, as well as mainstream galleries, she tells Susan ...
National Catholic Register9d
May Moleben Devotion Brings Ukrainian and Latin Catholics Together to Honor Mary
Faithful gather at the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Perth Amboy ... the special month dedicated to Jesus’ mother. It was prayed in English, Ukrainian ...
The Austin Chronicle1d
Under One of the World’s Most Extreme Abortion Bans, Texas Doubles Down
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Texas has enforced some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the ...