ROSARY & ART: The Fourth Glorious Mystery is the Assumption of Our Lady Annibale Carracci, “The Assumption of the Virgin,” Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, ca. 1600-1601 (photo: Public Domain ...

Over time, Catholic art more frequently depicted Mary’s Assumption and Coronation; one example is Titian’s Assumption of the Virgin. While belief in the Dormition and the Assumption of Mary was widely ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: The Solemnity of the Assumption is a ‘little Easter,’ reminding us that Jesus’ Resurrection was not just a one-time event but the start of a process intended to enfold the ...

Today is Assumption Day, a major Christian holiday celebrating the assumption of Virgin Mary’s body and soul to Heaven. It is public holiday in many European countries such as Austria, Belgium ...

The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated by Catholics each year on Aug. 15. The day celebrates the assumption of Mary's body and soul into heaven.

CNA Staff, Aug 15, 2024 / 04:00 am. 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.

Virgin Mary at center of Catholic, Orthodox Christian celebrations on Tuesday Tuesday’s Feast of the Assumption, which honors Mary, became dogma in 1950 August 12, 2023 at 2:47 a.m.

August 15th is a holy day of obligation celebrating the Assumption of Mary, body and soul into heaven. On November 1, 1950 Pope Pius XII declared in Munificentissimus Deus (“The Most Bountiful ...

Since then, the Assumption, one of the 11 public holidays recognized by law, has lost its political significance. Officially, at least: Mary remains uniquely popular in France.