Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day is a relatively new ...

Catholic and Orthodox Christians -- and a few Protestants, too -- will celebrate Tuesday the taking up of Jesus' mother from earth to heaven. The Western church refers to it as the Solemnity of the ...

Joe Piscitelli was only 11 years old in 1942, but he says he’ll never forget that it was the only year the annual Feast of the Assumption in Westbury did not take place outdoors. Because of blackouts ...

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Feast of the Assumption, which draws thousands to Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood, takes place over four days starting Thursday, Aug. 14. What began as a solemn Catholic observance of the Virgin ...

The Feast of the Assumption is a Catholic holy day of obligation, celebrated on August 15th, which commemorates the belief that the Virgin Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven upon her death. It ...

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Catholics pray during the feast day of the Assumption of Mary at Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Krekenava, some 155 km (96 miles) north-west of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday ...