Our Lady’s Veil (Sancta Camisia) The first church at Chartres boasted one of the most venerated relics in Christendom, Our Lady’s Veil, which tradition declares…
This Madonna is venerated in a chapel of the sanctuary or shrine of Our Lady of the Annunciation (Santuario dell’ Annunziata) in Trapani, Sicily, some…
“Open the portals! The Queen is approaching. Lift up, O eternal gates!” The endless parade of the blessed crowded about the wide-open gates of heaven.…
The historical origin of the Madonna of Canoscio is shrouded in mystery. An ancient folk tradition tells us that in the year 1348, a certain…
The Dormition of Our Lady. Like her divine Son, She rose again and was assumed into heaven on the third day after her death. The…
A Brief History: In the year of our Lord 1518, a few scattered houses broke the monotony of the Ruta valley, which was partly cultivated…
On August 10, 1685, Bernardino Rodríguez de León “saw a great and unusual radiance that was not the natural light of day” in the peaks…
The Story of the Madonna of Nagasaki Catholics in Nagasaki Shintoism and Buddhism are the majority religions of Japan. Catholicism arrived with Francis Xavier in…
As unlikely as snow falls in August, the story tells of a snowfall that seemed impossible, that is, in Rome, in Italy. August 5, 352,…