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Feast of the Assumption

Assumption

Praying for peace, pope encourages people to look to Mary with hope

Cindy Wooden|Aug 15, 2025|3 Min Read

Lourdes

World

Pilgrims flock to rainy Lourdes to celebrate feast of the Assumption at Marian shrine

Caroline de Sury|Aug 15, 2024|5 Min Read

Assumption

On Assumption, pope entrusts war-torn countries to Mary's care

Cindy Wooden|Aug 15, 2024|2 Min Read

Lourdes

World

French government warns of ‘very high’ terrorist threat on Catholic solemnity

Peter Pinedo|Aug 14, 2024|2 Min Read

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, looks over the ruins of buildings in Gaza City. He visited northern Gaza Strip May 16-19, 2024, during Pentecost. At a press conference May 20 following his return to Jerusalem, he said he found the small resilient community of the Holy Family Parish compound in Gaza City to have "steadfast faith" amid horrific destruction and constant bombardment. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

World

Latin patriarch: Pray for peace in Holy Land, world on feast of the Assumption

Gina Christian|Aug 14, 2024|4 Min Read

Angelus

Pope entrusts prayers for peace to Mary, assumed into heaven

Cindy Wooden|Aug 15, 2023|2 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks at the at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens on May 31st, 2021. (Vatican Media/CNA)

Pope Francis on Assumption feast: 'Humility is the way that leads to heaven'

Courtney Mares|Aug 15, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis prays in front of the Marian icon "Salus Populi Romani," (health of the Roman people), during a Marian vigil in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 8. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis: Mary's Assumption was a 'giant leap for mankind'

Courtney Mares|Aug 15, 2020|3 Min Read

Assumption of the Virgin Mary. (Image via CNA)

Faith

The history of the Assumption and why it's a Holy Day of Obligation

Adelaide Mena|Aug 15, 2020|3 Min Read

Pope Francis is pictured in a file photo praying as he visits the Chapel of the Apparitions at the Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland. Because of the COVID pandemic, the Marian shrine has announced it will close Aug. 14-16 to discourage pilgrims from coming for the feast of the Assumption, usually its busiest day of the year. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Faith

COVID forces Knock shrine to close Aug. 15 to discourage crowds

Catholic News Service|Aug 11, 2020|2 Min Read

A priest, members of the Knights of Columbus and lay Catholics greet an arriving boat with altar servers in Arnoldville, La., during the Aug. 15, 2017, Fete-Dieu du Teche procession. The Lafayette Diocese will hold its annual 40-mile eucharistic boat procession Aug. 15, 2020, to celebrate the feast of the Assumption, and this year's event will be offered in petition for the end of the coronavirus. (CNS photo/courtesy Chris Lancon)

Faith

Procession on Bayou Teche to celebrate Assumption, pray for end to pandemic

Catholic News Service|Aug 7, 2020|4 Min Read

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