More than 3,000 drones lit up the night sky above the Vatican, forming images of the Virgin Mary, Pope Francis and Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” in a spectacle over St. Peter’s Basilica. More than ...

Pope settles decades-long Catholic debate on role of Virgin Mary - Recent popes have disagreed on how to refer to the mother ...

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 ...

After decades, and controversy, the Vatican has authorized public worship at a shrine in Bosnia, where a once tranquil village has become a major pilgrimage site. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from ...

In 1920, an Egyptian Coptic Christian by the name of Tawfik Khalil Abraham made plans to build a hotel on a plot of land he owned in the town of Zeitoun. According to Coptic tradition, Zeitoun hosted ...

A statue of the Virgin Mary in the Mexican state of Colima that is reportedly weeping tears has drawn crowds of onlookers and questions about a potential miracle. The statue was first noticed "crying" ...

Was this a true miracle — or just a religious sob story? Church-goers in Mexico claimed to have witnessed a miracle after spotting a statue of the Virgin Mary that appeared to have real tears rolling ...