Then came Vatican II (1962-1965). The council recommended a warm and fervent devotion to Mary, but no reference was made to the rosary, nor to any Marian devotion, or apparition. (No specific Marian ...

The Vatican on Thursday gave the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children ...

As of 2024, All About Mary is no longer being updated with new content ... after the proclamation of the dogma of the Assumption and reached its climax after Vatican II; the exception to this Marian ...

The Vatican’s doctrine office didn’t declare that the reported apparitions in Medjugorje were authentic or of supernatural ...

The Vatican has approved Marian devotion at Medjugorje without pronouncing on the authenticity of alleged apparitions, ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman ...

In a detailed analysis after nearly 15 years of study, the Vatican’s doctrine ... recite the “Hail Mary” prayer at the end, Fernández revealed that St. John Paul II was a firm believer ...

While the Vatican did not confirm that the Marian apparitions were real, it recognized that the devotion of the faithful to ...

Since the alleged visions, Medjugorje has evolved into a significant pilgrimage destination, attracting over a million ...

The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman Catholicism in recent years: the reported "apparitions" of the Virgin Mary in an otherwise ...

ROME—In a highly anticipated report on the alleged decadeslong apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Medjugorje, the Vatican’s doctrinal office on Thursday endorsed prudent devotion to Mary at the ...