The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman Catholicism in recent ...

Getty Images Catholic pilgrims gather to pray near the statue of Virgin Mary in the Bosnian village of Medjugorje. AFP via Getty Images The Vatican recognized the shrine of Medjugorje without ...

Jesus Christ, through participation in the sacraments. Some of the alleged messages of Mary the Vatican found problematic were those containing explicit and repeated exhortations to the ...

The statue, named Notre Dame de Paix, or Our Lady of Peace, depicted Mary holding an olive branch in her right hand and the Prince of Peace, Jesus, seated in her left arm. The statue became a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday gave the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary ...

The Vatican has given the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary, offering its approval for devotion ...

Bosnian Roman Catholic women pray on the occasion of the feast of the Assumption in Medjugorje, some 75 miles south of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, in 2000 The Vatican ... statue of the Virgin ...

The Vatican has given the green light for ... Pilgrims say their prayers next to the statue of the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje (Armin Durgut/AP) It listed no example of any negative experiences ...

A mosaic depicting the Virgin Mary dressed in the traditional Korean outfit of "hanbok" was unveiled in the Vatican Gardens ...

The Vatican has given the green light for Catholics to continue ... Pilgrims say their prayers next to the statue of the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje (Armin Durgut/AP) It listed no example of any ...