But beyond the holy implications of the mother of Jesus ascending to her Divine Residence, it’s plain to see that the Virgin Mary has permeated pop culture for quite some time now.

Throughout his papacy, Francis went there to pray to an icon of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus. In death, he'll lie in a simple tomb beside her chapel. NPR's Ruth Sherlock takes us there.

Different icons, common prayers. How Mary is represented, ... She’s either portrayed alone or, most often, holding the baby Jesus, as in the Genazzano 15th century painting, ...

The Madonna and Child — a young Mary holding her son, Jesus, as an infant — is the prevailing depiction of Mary throughout cultures and time. The Pietà, Italian for “pity” or “compassion,” depicts ...

We are talking about the icon of the Virgin Mary with the Infant Jesus, which is depicted only with a black outline ROME, May 17. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who met with Pope ...

Stella Radenkovic, 14, reenacted Mary holding Jesus, honoring the story of Christ’s birth during the annual Las Posadas procession at the Andres Pico Adobe in Mission Hills presented by the San ...

The launch of the new icon program coincides with the release of Pope Francis’ fourth encyclical, Delixit Nos, which is devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. “In many ways, Dilexit Nos can ...

She’s either portrayed alone or, most often, holding the baby Jesus, as in the Genazzano 15th century painting, a close-up of the two faces with Jesus' fingers holding his mother’s neck. Mary ...