Mary

Advent with the Saints: Mary

Greg Friedman, OFM December 14, 2025

In our nativity scenes, the image of the Blessed Mother draws our line of sight from her eyes to the Infant Jesus.

Virgin Mary, Full of Grace

Ela Milewska December 8, 2025

The Virgin Mary didn’t earn her holiness—it was a gift. And the same God who prepared her heart wants to shape ours to receive Christ fully.

How Can Mary Be the ‘Mother of God’?

Pat McCloskey, OFM November 4, 2025

In the second part of the Hail Mary, we say, "Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen." My fundamentalist brother wants to know how Mary can be the mother ...

‘Catholics Seem Obsessed with Mary’

Pat McCloskey, OFM September 30, 2025

I am an evangelical Christian who is seriously considering conversion to Catholicism. Why do Catholics seem obsessed with Mary?

Mary Finds Us

Maureen O'Brien September 17, 2025

It is our mother who will never forget. It is our mother who will always find her child.

Pilgrims brave heavy rain to place flowers and pray Sept 8, 2025, at the the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami, affectionately known as La Ermita de La Caridad, for the annual feast of Our Lady of Charity and the 25th anniversary of La Ermita's designation as a national shrine by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2000. (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy)

Cuban Americans celebrate feast of Our Lady of Charity

OSV News September 17, 2025

Dressed in the customary yellow colors of the event and with umbrellas in hand, elementary school student Aniela Alejandra Garcia and her mother, Yeily Garcia, didn't let the weather stop them from approaching the statue of the Cuban Virgin of ...

A Rose in Full Bloom

Maureen O'Brien August 22, 2025

When we say a rosary, we know that the repetition upon the beads calms us down, brings solace and peace. Today, rediscover the simple words of the Hail Mary prayer, and how wonderful it is that when we say a ...