Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my saviour because he has looked on the lowliness of his handmaid. From now on all generations will call me ...

In our call to prayer, we are given the powerful and provocative image of Mary of Nazareth, God-Bearer, First Disciple, and Mother of the Church. No one followed the Lord’s life of prayer better than ...

At the Angelus Pope Francis entrusts to the Virgin Mary and Christ "women overwhelmed by the weight of life and the drama of violence", the "women slaves of the arrogance of the powerful", the "little ...

While the traditions of Mary outside the Bible work at glorifying her, the Bible itself stresses the ordinary quality of Mary’s life and her attitude of genuine humility. She was a very ordinary girl.

He has shown the strength of his arm, and has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good ...

The Visitation is one of the most significant events in our Catholic faith tradition. Mary, newly pregnant with our Lord, traveled 70-some miles of rough territory to help her elderly cousin, ...

“MY soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” This is the song of one who has been touched by God in a singular manner, but just as the “Fiat” was uttered for the ...