Joseph carries a flask of wine. Zacharias waits in the doorway; After a lifetime of barrenness, Elizabeth and Zacharias were blessed with child six months before the Annunciation to Mary; their child ...

Visit the homepage for more information ... The thrust of chapters one and two of Luke's Gospel is not simply a family event between Elizabeth and Mary. The Visitation is an event of salvation history ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his catechesis on “Jesus Christ Our Hope,” saying love is the force that compels people ...

Visit the homepage for more information. "Blest is she who trusted that the Lord's words to her would be fulfilled." Everything in the visitation scene is motion and excitement: Mary's haste, her ...

During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on the mystery of the Visitation, and urges the faithful to follow ...

Christians are called to follow Mary's example by responding to God's love with action, reaching out to others instead of withdrawing from the world.