But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when ... might be born in the Church. In body, indeed, she is the mother of that very head." St. Augustine of Hippo, "Holy Virginity," c.

Levine adds, “She can be the grieving mother, the young virgin, the goddess figure ... and after a while things calm down.” At St. Mary’s church in Zaytun, a neighborhood in Old Cairo ...

1455) also invited the church to venerate Mary as her Mother. On November 21, 1964, during the celebration of Mass at the conclusion of the third session of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI (d ...

As Mary is the Mother of Christ ... and to every prompting of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary is the Church's model of faith and charity.

154 In fact, Christ's birth "did not diminish his mother's virginal integrity but sanctified it." 155 And so the liturgy of the Church celebrates Mary as Aeiparthenos , the "Ever-virgin".

Years before narrowly surviving the Palisades Fire, the McGeagh family's Virgin Mary statue was spared from another major LA ...

"From manger scenes to postage stamps, from Christmas cards to Advent hymns, the image of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ makes its universal appearance during the Advent season ...

Parishioners of St. Patrick Catholic Church held a procession with songs ... who were gathered in prayer with the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. Let us join the people of Mexico, and we wish ...

Dominicans gathered to celebrate the Day of Our Lady of La Altagracia, the spiritual patroness of the Dominican Republic, ...

AKITA--Just as suddenly as it started, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary abruptly stopped shedding tears, leaving the ...