Pope Francis presiding over prayer at St Peters Basilica in Rome. The Vatican has rejected claims a 19th century Puerto Rican missionary was the Virgin Mary.

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians. Some are ...

Mary - "ever-virgin" 499 The deepening of faith in the virginal motherhood led the Church to confess Mary's real and perpetual virginity even in the act of giving birth to the Son of God made man ...