A Marian devotion that took root in a relocation community in Rizal, Philippines has received one of the Catholic Church's highest honors, marking a historic moment for thousands of faithful who have long turned to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a source of peace and hope.
As the Catholic Church commemorates the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the image of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in the Philippines, Antipolo Bishop Ruperto C. Santos has called on Filipinos to rediscover unity, goodness, and trust in the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Pope Leo XIV offered prayers for mothers around the world during the Regina Coeli in St. Peter’s Square on May 10, calling on the faithful to remember especially those facing hardship.
Metropolitan Archbishop Khalid Rehmat of Lahore, Pakistan has issued a call for the protection and strengthening of the family unit as the spiritual and social foundation for the next generation.
A Filipino Catholic priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro, and a self-taught religious artist, is using art as a ministerial tool to help people in their search for God and meaning.
Reconciliation lies at the center of this sacred season. It is not merely about confessing sins but about rediscovering God’s mercy and allowing it to transform our lives.
Celebrated annually on November 21, the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary honours a profound moment in Christian tradition, the solemn dedication of the young Mary to God.
Positioned at the threshold of the Marian invocations in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the title ‘Holy Virgin of Virgins’ is more than accolade.
As a little boy in my family home in a rubber plantation in Johor, 7 pm daily meant kneeling in the living room as the candles flickered before a small altar, hosting the Cross and several statues of saints, and of course, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit on August 19 to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mentorella, also known as the Mother of Graces, near Rome, highlighting once again his deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In a powerful Angelus address at Saint Peter’s Square on July 6, Pope Leo XIV reignited the Church’s missionary zeal, urging the faithful to become “joyful laborers in God’s harvest” amid a world longing for meaning, justice, and salvation.
