Praying for the Virgin Mary’s intercession and being devoted ... Perkins grew up a poor white girl in a mostly black, inner-city neighborhood in Tacoma, Washington, with nominal support from ...

In June 1981, six children aged 10 to 16 claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hilltop near the town.

Discusses the growing 'adoration' of the chaste Virgin Mary during the "Age of the Black Virgin," (i.e. the twelfth and thirteenth centuries). This Jungian analyst investigates the origins of the ...

the white petals symbolized the purity of her body and the golden anthers the beauty of her soul. Later, St. Bernard praised the Virgin Mary as "the violet of humility, the lily of chastity, the rose ...

The Virgin was erect with her eyes toward Heaven, and she was wearing a large white cloak hanging in full folds. On her head was a large crown. Mary Byrne ran to tell her family while Mary ...

Her dark skin and black hair have become white and ... sanctified in a white dress and kneeling like the Virgin Mary, renounces her Powhatan ways. In a pamphlet on his painting, Chapman noted ...

“Historically, blue came from the rare semi-precious stone, lapis lazuli, and was originally reserved for the depiction of ...

Catholic voters — who experts refer to as a “major swing voting group” in presidential elections — make up one of the largest ...

Not every granny-core influencer comes from a line of bakers and homemakers; there are as many types of grandmas as there are ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune ... she garnered significant criticism from both the white and Black communities. Her very vocal nature and active lifestyle often placed her in the public spotlight.

And yet few international travelers make the journey to, much less know anything about, Turkey’s Black Sea region ... frescoes of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. There’s an aqueduct and a library ...