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Father Chris Alar, MIC, provincial superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.

Catholic priest calls Immaculate Conception dogma ‘key to everything,’ discusses new film

Dec 9, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Father Chris Alar, MIC, appears in the new Marian docudrama “I Am the Immaculate Conception,” to be released in theaters... Read more

From left: Our Lady of Fatima; Our Lady of Lourdes; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Our Lady of the Rosary; Our Lady of Sorrows; Our Lady, Undoer of Knots; and Our Lady of Peace.

7 of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s most popular titles

Sep 12, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Over the centuries, the Blessed Mother has been graced with a plethora of different titles; here are seven of them. Read more

After 400 years, the Valencia Cathedral hass reintroduced the performance of the “Mystery of the Assumption of the Virgin” drama as part of the basilica’s festivities to celebrate the Aug.15 Marian solemnity.

Drama reenacting the assumption of Mary returns to Valencia Cathedral after 400 years

Aug 14, 2024

By Kristina Millare

After 400 years, the Valencia Cathedral has reintroduced the performance of the “Mystery of the Assumption of the Virgin” drama. Read more

A firefighter scales a long ladder to the top of a nearly 40-foot-high column to pay tribute at dawn to the Blessed Virgin with a wreath of flowers on Dec. 8, 2023.

PHOTOS: Pope Francis honors Virgin Mary on solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Dec 8, 2023

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis prayed in front of a statue of the Immaculate Conception near Rome’s Spanish Steps, which sits atop a... Read more

Our Lady of Sorrows at the Church of the Holy Cross in Salamanca.

Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows reminds us of the redemptive and salvific role of suffering

Sep 15, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

“If [suffering is] going to happen to the Mother of God, it’s going to happen to us all,” Professor Joshua... Read more