The Black Madonna—a revered painting of a dark-skinned Virgin Mary and Child Jesus, said to be the work of St. Luke—is housed in this sanctuary. “The first time she appeared,” Anathalie ...

This delicately ornamented sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, as a figure relevant to both the spiritual and the secular realms. She stands in a protective, maternal pose, her ...

a non-profit organization called "Catholics for Choice" promoted its pro-abortion agenda by suggesting that the Virgin Mary could have aborted her child, Jesus. "This holiday season, remember that ...

"Though still a virgin she carried ... both flesh and spirit....both of Mary and of God." St. Ignatius of Antioch, "Epistle To The Ephesians," c. 105 A.D. "[Jesus] became man by the Virgin so ...

The controversial item is an icon of Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus, who is depicted only as a black outline. "It was supposed to symbolize the ‘loss’ of Ukrainian children in the ...

Oyamatsu first created a 50-centimeter-tall “Virgin and Child” statue, showing St. Mary with Jesus Christ in her arms. He sent the statue to the pope, along with a letter carrying the carver ...

Mothers mold us, like what Mary did for Jesus when he was a child.” One of the foreign ... The post On this remote isle, an icon of the Virgin Mary has endured the flames of war appeared first ...