In her “Yes” — her fiat — Mary, the Mother of God, does not require hard evidence or deep explanation of how these events will take place. Gabriel tells her simply, “Nothing will be ...

This is not, however, an observance pulled out of whole cloth. Honoring Mary as the mother of God on Jan. 1 is, in fact, the earliest celebration of this date in the Roman Church.

Catholic theologians have long cited Mary’s freely chosen assent as a model for all Catholics. Then-Pope Benedict XVI said in a 2006 homily that “in being loved, in receiving the gift of God ...

The "Mary" movie is No. 1 on the streaming service, reinforcing the interest in the Mother of God. But what does it mean to be "full of grace"? A theology professor and author shared insight.

Indeed, Mary was God’s answer to the original sin, which entered the world through Eve, because of human pride. Original sin may be understood as an absence, a lack, a deprivation of original ...

God’s ambassador by James Como On In the Courts of Three Popes: An American Lawyer and Diplomat in the Last Absolute Monarchy of the West, by Mary Ann Glendon. I find it unfathomable that a person as ...

Here is Grace’s poem, which she titled “God is Bigger Than That:” We were so close we almost made it to the end Until mom received a phone call from one of dad’s friends ...

The poems in Mary Jo Bang’s latest collection, “A Film in Which I Play Everyone,” are full of pleasure, color, sound and light — but also torment.

Being God and man, he is the glory of both.) And we never see Mary in a more human light than we do in the Gospel of St. Luke when we are told: And Mary kept all these things, ...

While it was Mary's cooperation with God that resulted in Jesus coming to the world, "in the same way, each of us has a role to play in bringing the Christ child into our world anew," said Miravalle.