prayer is a fundamental, indispensable response, the living witness of parents. As the Holy Father says in Familiaris consortio : "only by praying together with their children can a father and ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are called to follow Mary’s example by responding to God’s love with action, reaching out to ...

One of the first prayers that you and I learned as children was the Hail Mary, a prayer that some non-Catholics ... the very reason for these earlier events of Annunciation and Visitation, the day ...

In his 2025 World Mission Day Message, Pope Francis reminds missionaries that turning to the Lord in prayer is the key "to ...

Holy Virgin Mary, there is none like you among women ... devoted ones to change them from unfaithful Christians to faithful children of God. Amen.

The prayer of the Christian has a maternal dimension to it. Believers are encouraged to turn to Mary as their spiritual mother. As the Lord Jesus entrusted his heart to her, so we are called to do ...

This February 2nd, take a moment to say this prayer to Our Lady of Candelaria, asking her to light your path and protect you ...

Scores of devotees walked atop the hill shrine with candles in obeisance to Holy Mary. The Navadina Prardhanalu ... signalling the start of the nine day prayers.

During a Mass on Jan. 31, 2025 at St. Mary’s Church in Rockville, Sophie Durandal, a fifth grader at St. Mary’s School, ...

Joseph is often the forgotten member of the Holy Family. Do you remember as children when we wrote "J.M.J." at the top of our ... Pope John XXIII added to the Roman Canon of the Mass (now Eucharistic ...

You gave the Polish Nation a wondrous help and defense in the most holy Virgin Mary and You honored Her sacred image at ... we place before You our humble prayers and petitions. To You we commend all ...

The Jubilee Vatican decree lists the corporal and spiritual works and presents many ways to put them into practice.