One day, I looked up to the statue of Our Lady and prayed: “God has taken my mother. I need you to be my mother.”

Gaining a renewed and deeper understanding of Mary's nurturing and caring side is something he said the church, especially in today's climate, could certainly use.

The Memorial will celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost in churches throughout the world.

What a missing statue and a Rust Belt quest taught me about devotion.

History's first Latin American pope is particularly devoted to Marian iconography.