A mosaic of Mary and the Christ Child with angels is seen at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Aug. 15, 2019, the feast of the Assumption. (Credit: Bob ...

The Solemnity of the Assumption reveals a mystery grossly underappreciated by many contemporary Catholics. Dropped in the middle of the summer, a holy day of obligation plopped in the middle of the ...

It’s mid-August, which means we in the Marian Library and across UD’s campus are anticipating a day off. While we are observing the Solemnity of the Assumption on Aug. 15, people in the Orthodox ...

Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin celebrates the belief that at the end of her earthly life, Mary was "taken up body and soul into ...

On the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis gave a reminder that God exalts those who humble themselves. “Today, looking at Mary assumed into heaven, we can say that ...

Today the Church turns aside from her triennial pilgrimage through John 6, the great Eucharistic chapter with the “bread of life” discourse, where we’ve spent the past few weeks, to celebrate a ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday presided over the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo, encouraging Catholics to renew the Mother of ...

“How does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:41). If Jesus Christ is the cosmic bridge between God and Man, then Mary, as mother of the Incarnation, provides the ...

Today is the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the commemoration of Mary being “taken up body and soul to the glory of heaven” (“Munificentissimus Deus,” No. 40). In the Gospel reading from Luke, we ...

Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms wide open. The double doors beneath the statue’s feet are shut, but a disintegrating wooden side ...