In my lifetime, I do not recall having so many reasons to cry and send up my sighs to Mary for help and hope.

Local officials project the statue in Zacatecas will cost $4.25 million

To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday and to mark the 70th anniversary of its consecration to Mary, Canada's three cardinals led the nation's bishops in a ceremony Sept. 26 to re-consecrate the nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

An archbishop who inspected the Medjugorje shrine believes the Vatican will recognize the Marian apparitions, but Pope Francis has said of them, "This is not the mother of Jesus."

The shrine was a symbol of hope for many Hispanic Catholics

Nothing had ever stood between Mary and that silent, loving presence, which dwelt within her consciousness.