Rome Newsroom, Dec 8, 2023 / 13:30 pm. On the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis venerated a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary located atop a tall ...

The mosaic, based on an 18th-century painting by Italian artist Pietro Bianchi, depicts St. John Chrysostom St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Anthony of Padua venerating the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Vatican City, May 12, 2022 / 10:02 am. On Wednesdays during the month of May, pilgrims can gather in St. Peter’s Basilica for a prayer service honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary.

“The Blessed Mother has watched over campus with her motherly heart and offered hope to millions,” Mount St. Mary’s President Timothy E. Trainor said in a news release.

All this laid the foundation that enabled Blessed Paul VI, at the conclusion of the Third Session of the Second Vatican Council, Nov. 21, 1964, to declare the Blessed Virgin Mary as “Mother of ...