The Catholic Feast of the Assumption, which falls on a Saturday in 2026, will look a little different this year.

Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

The most recent Marian dogma—the Assumption—was promulgated in 1950. But like all doctrinal developments throughout the history of the Church, it is rooted in apostolic teaching and reflected in ...

Christians are called to reflect Mary's authentic beauty, revealed through a life of enduring love rather than worldly aesthetic standards, Pope Leo XI ...

If you were a Toronto Maple Leafs fan in 1950, it was a great year. They had just won their sixth Stanley Cup in an ...

Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Assumption into Heaven of Mary. Mary’s death is often described as a ‘going to sleep’. What is the idea behind this? I have always thought it a little ...

Many people don’t realize the importance of the dogma of Mary’s Assumption into Heaven. This wasn’t merely a fanciful whim on the part of Pope Pius XII when he promulgated it in 1950. Rather, like all ...

“The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory” (Munificentissimus Deus #44). With these words, ...