On May 31, we celebrate the second joyful mystery, which is the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin, ...

“At World Youth Day, the Gospel proposed to young people the model of the Virgin Mary. At her most critical moment, [Mary] goes to visit her cousin Elizabeth. The Gospel says ‘she arose and ...

“The Virgin Mary visits St. Elizabeth, but it is above all Jesus, in his mother’s womb, who visits his people (cf. Lk 1:68),” he said. “Mary gets up and sets out on a journey, like all ...

Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary - The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to ...

Elizabeth remained, however, fascinated by the Scottish Queen. Mary was said to be a great beauty who exerted a strange power over men and, whenever any minister returned from a visit to the now ...