Virgin Mary

Vatican Details Rules On What Constitutes An Authentic Virgin Mary Sighting

Religion News Service | Alessandro Speciale | Posted 05.23.2012

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The Vatican has published rules to evaluate the authenticity of the dozens of apparitions of the Virgin Mary reported each year. The “Norms Regar...

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Papal Pilgrimmage: Reaching Out to Our Cuban Neighbors

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.21.2012

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Later this month, I will have the privilege of traveling with several other brother bishops from the United States to join our Holy Father on his visit to Cuba.

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Sadly, It Seems Sandra Fluke Wasn't The First Woman Falsely Accused of Being a Prostitute by an Intimidated Man.

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.16.2012

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It seems the Bible never referred to Mary Magdalene as a prostitute. A Catholic Pope did.

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Astoria Characters: The Fake Flowers

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.15.2012

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I moved to Astoria on a February day, when the daffodils were in full bloom and the snow was on the red, red roses. I didn't need a green thumb to figure out what had been staring me in the face: These flowers were fakes.

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Why January 21 Is A Big Day In Higüey

Bob Schulman | Posted 03.05.2012

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It's usually pretty quiet in the old colonial town of Higüey in the Dominican Republic. Not so when January 21 rolls around each year.

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Noise Makes News

Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr. | Posted 02.26.2012

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If we are honest with ourselves, if given a choice between good news and bad news, we would want to hear the good news, but only if there is bad news to go with it.

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When Virgin Mary Statues Started To Move

Fortean Times | Posted 02.19.2012

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In the summer of 1985,statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary all over Ireland started to move - at least according to the thousands-strong crowds who floc...

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Islamic Christmas

Wilfredo Amr Ruiz | Posted 02.15.2012

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Jesus belongs to all Muslims because of what the struggle with his people represents; it resembles that of many Muslims today.

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Pamela Anderson Plays The Virgin Mary

HuffingtonPost.com | Jo Piazza | Posted 12.07.2011

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"Baywatch" babe Pamela Anderson's turn as the Virgin Mary, which was expected to shock an audience of Canadian viewers during a recent Christmas speci...

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Unholy Night? Pamela Anderson Stars As Virgin Mary

Posted 02.02.2012

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Well this is an alternate take on the traditional bible story. Canadians on Thursday night were able to get into the Christmas spirit with a raunch...

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Pamela Anderson To Play The Virgin Mary

Posted 01.14.2012

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In a move is bound to be lamented as typecasting, Pamela Anderson has been cast in the role of the Virgin Mary for an upcoming Canadian TV special. ...

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Our Lady Of Guadalupe And Mexican Independence

Lorenzo Candelaria | Posted 11.16.2011

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As we remember Mexican Independence Day, it would be worthwhile to think about the Catholic priests who first took up a cause against a mother country that had become increasingly oppressive.

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What Does The Bible Say About The Mother Of Jesus?

Bruce Chilton | Posted 10.16.2011

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Controversy about whether God, Joseph or another man impregnated Mary has been intense and perennial. The New Testament itself represents various views of Jesus' birth.

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Twin Leonardo da Vinci Paintings To Be Reunited

Posted 09.26.2011

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Organizers in London and Paris have agreed to an unorthodox plan that will place two nearly identical Leonardo da Vinci paintings side by side. The Vi...

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WATCH: "Treasures Of Heaven": Medieval Religious Relics At The British Museum

Posted 09.04.2011

The British Museum's Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe exhibition is an extraordinary collection of religious objec...

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Many Mansions In Whose House?

Bishop Pierre Whalon | Posted 08.06.2011

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What else do we need to trust God for? If he has prepared a place for us for then, what about now? If we are willing to trust about our death, what about our life now?

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It's Not A 30-Foot Virgin (But Some People Give This Statue The Madonna Treatment)

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 11.15.2011

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It's not exactly Our Lady of Lourdes, but Catholic pilgrims show up on the doorstep of a Virginia artist because they want to pray at the foot of a 30...

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Of Butchers And Boycotts: The Mladic Arrest Seen From Nazareth And The Netherlands

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 07.28.2011

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By coincidence, I was thinking about Serbia when I received word of the arrest of Ratko Mladic, the notorious leader of the Serbian extremist forces that devastated Bosnia-Hercegovina.

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Behold The Jesus Fish Stick And Other Sacred Sightings

Posted 11.16.2011

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They say God is all around and that's certainly the case with believers who claim to have spotted likenesses of Jesus Christ on processed foods like f...

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What Mother's Day Means To One American Muslim

Engy Abdelkader | Posted 07.07.2011

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The highly revered mother -- and in fact, woman -- in Islamic tradition is the Virgin Mother Mary.

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Mobsters Threaten Soccer Team Over Easter Procession

LA STAMPA/Worldcrunch | By Giuseppe Salvaggiulo | Posted 06.22.2011

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SANT'ONOFRIO - Last year, in this small Italian village in the southern region of Calabria, someone fired a warning shot through the front door of the...

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The Fall Of 'Mary'

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 06.20.2011

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For the first time in the history of the United States of America, the name Mary is not in the top 100 given to newborn girls.

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Tiny Wisconsin Town Becomes First In America With Official Virgin Mary Sighting

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHAMPION, Wis. — The Vatican has named a tiny shrine in a small northeast Wisconsin town as a holy site. The Catholic Church has recognized the...

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Israel Calls All Tourists With Virgin Mary Sites

AP | JOSH LEDERMAN | Posted 05.26.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel is inviting tourists to retrace the footsteps of the Virgin Mary, officials said Tuesday, in the latest campaign to bring Chr...

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Newborn God: A Christmas Meditation On The Birth of Jesus

Rev. James Martin, S.J. | Posted 05.25.2011

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How overwhelming the first Christmas must have been for Mary and Joseph. Few things can provoke such intense worry as a newborn child. But few things promise such unreasonable hope, such unexpected change and such unbounded joy.

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