Since then devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, has gradually grown more widespread in the Church, particularly since the apparitions at Fatima. The main difference between the devotions to ...

The purity and holiness of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a model for all Christians. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says of the Immaculate Conception of Mary: 490. To become the mother of the ...

YOUNGSTOWN − Monsignor James Kolp, a retired Canton priest, with nearly 75 years of service has died. He was 99. Kolp died ...

Two years after a devastating fire, a historic church in Kansas is rebuilt and rededicated, as the faithful rally to cover ...

As a Catholic, Vance said, the criticism left him “heartbroken.” Then he hit out at the church for its role in garnering hundreds ... In late December 2022, Texas governor Greg Abbott called for ...

Two decades ago, Sally Read was an award-winning poet, an outspoken feminist as well as a vehemently anti-Catholic ... about Mary” in the sense that it doesn’t systematically teach Church ...

Although defined as dogma (1854), the Immaculate Conception is one of those mysteries ... The dove stands for the Spirit who penetrates and unifies the Church. Here, the dove is a symbol of Mary ...

Scorers for Mary Immaculate College: S O'Brien (1-8, 7fs), C Scully (0-4), D Cahill (0-2), O O'Farrell, R O'Connor (0-1 each). SETU Waterford (Waterford unless stated): B Hennessy (Kilmallock ...

Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time in purgatory — where the Catholic Church teaches that people who have confessed their sins are purified before entering ...

Despite losing Cooney at the break, ATU Galway grabbed back the initiative with 1-3 without reply. But a return of one further score during the closing 23 minutes of action proved costly against a ...

Celebration of the liturgy is the primary faith-formational activity of the Catholic ... the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the fount from which all her power flows.” Since it was ...