VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has approved the inclusion of three additional invocations in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Litany of Loreto. In a June 20 letter to the presidents ...

In October, Pope Francis declared Cardinal John Henry Newman a saint. That same month, the pope elevated the Dec. 10 feast of Our Lady of Loreto to the Church’s universal Roman Calendar. Cardinal John ...

Fr. Mike Barrett, pastor of Our Lady of Good Hope in Milwaukee, invited participants at a presentation on Mary in St. Joseph's Parish in Grafton, Wisconsin, to write their own litany to the Blessed ...

An upcoming exhibit at the University will feature engravings by renowned Augsburg artist Josef Sebastian Klauber from a rare 18th century book. "Litany of Loreto in Images" runs Jan. 24 to March 10 ...

Pope Francis has finally addressed a decades-long theological debate within the Catholic Church about the role of the Virgin Mary. The announcement marks a defining moment for Catholic doctrine and ...

On his first papal trip, Pope Leo XIV went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in the medieval village of Genazzano and on the drive back stopped to pray by Pope Francis’ tomb in the ...

A popular Catholic priest in Birmingham asked his social media followers to pray to the Virgin Mary this week, then defended the practice when he was questioned about whether he was promoting idol ...