The Black Madonna—a revered painting of a dark-skinned Virgin Mary and Child Jesus, said to be the work of St. Luke—is housed in this sanctuary. “The first time she appeared,” Anathalie ...

Later, St. Bernard praised the Virgin Mary as "the violet of humility, the lily of chastity, the rose of charity, the Balm of Gilead, and the golden gillyflower of heaven." Christians, who saw these ...

St. Justin Martyr, "Dialogue with Trypho the Jew," c. 155 A.D. "Those Gnostics, therefore, who allege that He took nothing from the Virgin do greatly err.... For why did He come down into Mary if ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A replica of the Virgin Mary statue is carried from Saint-Germain l ...

The Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Andrew, Rochester in Kent. We use cookies to give you the best ...

“Tonight, as we accompany the Virgin Mary to her cathedral ... The statue, originally from the Saint-Aignan Chapel on the Île de la Cité, dates to the mid-14th century. Moved to Notre Dame ...

A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as “The Virgin of Paris,” returned to Notre Dame cathedral Friday evening, five years after surviving the devastating 2019 fire that ...

A selection of your favourite Christmas carols, with readings from BBC Radio Kent presenters, recorded at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in West Malling. We use cookies to give you the best online ...

Father Evan Koop is a literary prize and research award recipient for his doctoral dissertation on Mary’s cooperation in ...