Virgin Mary

‘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 ...

Graffiti and a sign that says "Nothing is Impossible"

All Things Are Made Possible

Murray Bodo, OFM May 21, 2025

All mystics wonder what is happening to them when the Holy Spirit asks them to believe the seemingly impossible notion that God wants to enter their lives.

Holy Mary, Mother and Mystic

Murray Bodo, OFM May 20, 2025

Mary’s life, like that of her son, will be a living out of her own canticle

Mary: Mother and Mystic

Murray Bodo, OFM April 25, 2025

She is beloved for her unshakable faith in her son, Jesus. But this Franciscan writer argues that Mary had a deeper understanding of his mission than we realize.