The prayer was the culmination of a worldwide day of fasting, prayer, and penance for peace in the world called for by the Pope amid the escalating war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Pope ...

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary ...

STERRETT, Alabama -- Marija Lunetti, the visionary who has been reporting daily visions of the Virgin Mary since she was a teenager in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, had an apparition indoors at the home of ...

Oh, Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, FruitfulVine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, lmmaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. O Star of the Son, Help me and show me herein ...

The Church honors the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, above all saints and above angels. They pray to her for salvation and intercession. The prayer "Hail Mary, Hail Mary" appeared in the first ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Never Known to Fail. Oh, Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful Vine ...