For the millions of people whose lives have already been changed through visiting Medjugorje since 1981, the Nihil Obstat for its ‘spiritual proposal’ was a cause of great joy and encouragement. There ...

For at least 500 years, Babylonian children were tasked with memorizing a hymn that celebrated the city of Babylon, its citizenry, and chief deity Marduk. There was much to praise: the city was ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released 11 new hymns on Thursday, marking 48 songs so far in the church's new "Hymns — For Home and Church" hymnbook that have been ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced 15 new songs Thursday that will be in its new hymn collection "Hymns — For Home and Church." These include some familiar ...

(RNS) — Many years ago, I was called to be my ward’s Primary chorister. Soon after, the Primary president took me aside and told me I had just been given the most important job in the entire Church of ...

People pray at a shrine to the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Zeljko Milicevic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images For over 40 years, six people from Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, holds up a book on the alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during a news conference ...

Catholic worshipers who claim to have seen and spoken to the Virgin Mary at a Bosnian landmark received mixed messages from the Vatican on Thursday after the Church refused to say whether their ...

Beth Racine had just come out of church after confession in Medjugorje and was leaning against a wall when something caught her eye. A disc covered the sun. She saw swirling colors to the sides — red ...

After 40 years of studies, commissions and contradictions, the Vatican finally approved the spiritual devotion of the faithful at the Marian site at Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in a document ...

In June 1981, six children aged 10 to 16 claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hilltop near the town. Catholic believers pray at the site where the Virgin Mary is believed to have ...

Ending a 15-year probe into the Marian apparitions reported at Medjugorje, the Church said it recognised the 'abundant spiritual fruits' coming from pilgrimages to the shrine – but was not declaring ...