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 ...

from her 2011 hit Bloody Mary to her recent single, Abracadabra. It’s not the first time the city has pulled off such an impressive event. Last year, Madonna held the record for the biggest ...

Bishop Guido Marini, Bishop of the Italian diocese of Tortona and former Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, said ...

In speaking to a group of young people in Rome on June 29, 2014 – the Solemnity of St. Peter and Paul – he famously said: “A Christian without the Madonna is an orphan ... Christians have invoked the ...

Madonna Mia would not have come to life the way it did without ... Chiara, our production designer, constructed the confessional booth in Milan, hand–made over 100 Virgin Mary figurines (and a number ...

Lady Gaga broke the record for highest-attended concert by a female artist on May 3, when she drew an estimated crowd of 2.5 ...

The month of May is commonly associated with devotions to the Virgin Mary - "The Queen of May". We celebrate by remembering tales of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Ireland. May devotions to the ...

America had previously been dedicated to Mary on three occasions.