Pope Pius XII declared the dogma of the Assumption on Nov. 1, 1950. “The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, ...

The Catholic Feast of the Assumption, which falls on a Saturday in 2026, will look a little different this year.

Christians are called to reflect Mary's authentic beauty, revealed through a life of enduring love rather than worldly aesthetic standards, Pope Leo XI ...

Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

From Castel Gandolfo, the pontiff spoke about the suffering in the Holy Land, "Land of Mary”, and among the Ukrainian and ...

Decades after those early garage broadcasts, EWTN chaplain Father Joseph Mary Wolfe says the fundamental purpose of the ...

“The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory” (Munificentissimus Deus #44). With these words, ...

Perhaps you are a bookaholic and have bibliomania! If you are a lover of books with overflowing bookshelves, could it be ...

“How does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:41). If Jesus Christ is the cosmic bridge between God and Man, then Mary, as mother of the Incarnation, provides the ...

Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Assumption into Heaven of Mary. Mary’s death is often described as a ‘going to sleep’. What is the idea behind this? I have always thought it a little ...