Since the Roman Calendar Reform of 1969, the Church observes Jan. 1 as the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. This is not, however, an observance pulled out of whole cloth. Honoring Mary as the ...

to be our mother also. Like her, and under her loving care, may your Church grow day by day, rejoice in the holiness of its children, and so attract to itself all the peoples of the earth.

Sally Read combines art history and literary memoir to recount a spiritual mystery — and a quest to discover the Blessed ...

According to the Catholic Church's calendar of saints, January 1st is a day of joy, dedicated to Mary, Mother of God. On this special day, set aside some time to pray with faith and joy ...

Christians can be comfortable praying to Mary since she lives eternally as the handmaid of the Lord. She gives all praise to God.

January 1 marks the Solemnity of Mary, a day the honors the role of Mary as the Mother of God, according to the Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of America. Solemnities are celebrations of the ...

On the Vigil of the feast of St. Mary, Mother of God, Pope Francis said the hope of brotherly fraternity is not based on ideology, the economic system, or progress in technology, but the incarnate ...