After a devastating fire, people in Bougainville found hope and strength from a statue of the Virgin Mary that survived the flames. It not only represents a miracle, but serves as an icon for the ...

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The president of The Catholic University of America said the institution’s law school has replaced an icon of Mary holding Jesus that was stolen after some complained the ...

Around a century later, in 1037, Yaroslav the Wise, the Grand Prince of Kyiv, dedicated Ukraine to Mary. To this day Mary is known as “ Queen of Ukraine,” among her many other titles, and Oct. 14 is ...

This sacred image is known in Ukraine and many other East European nations as the “Pokrova,” or the Intercession of the Theotokos, “mother of God” in Greek, a title for Mary used in both ...

5 questions about the global icon of Mary you see every Christmas. The Virgin of the Passion, also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Help, has been called the most popular Christian icon of the 20th ...

Mother of the Church St. Peter's Basilica contains an icon of the Virgin Mary titled “Mater Ecclesiae,” which means “Mother of the Church.” Daniel Ibañez/CNA ...

The icon was also carried in procession through Rome by St. Gregory I in 593 for an end to the plague. The Marian image was returned to the basilica after a major cleaning and restoration on Jan ...

The original image of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child was painted on a column in old St. Peter’s Basilica, built by Emperor Constantine in the fourth century.