The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November ... in the 11th century within the Byzantine Catholic Church. It was introduced into the Roman Catholic ...

The relic is on temporary display at St Peter's in a centre of a silver display stand called a monstrance A piece of silk veil supposedly worn by the Virgin Mary as Christ died on the cross is to ...

In the Catholic tradition, an altar is placed to the Virgin Mary to contemplate, console and learn from her pains. The seven days before Holy Week are known as the Week of Passion, which occurs ...

155 And so the liturgy of the Church celebrates Mary as Aeiparthenos , the "Ever-virgin". 156 500 Against this doctrine the objection is sometimes raised that the Bible mentions brothers and ...