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 ...

On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day, a solemnity, is a relatively new one, ...

The Aug. 13 reenactment of the assumption of Mary at the Valencia Cathedral is considered to be an “auto sacramental” (“sacramental act”), a genre of drama linked to Catholic rituals and traditions ...

On August 15, Catholics around the world mark the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. It’s a major Christian holiday celebrating the assumption of ...

Not so long ago, the phrase “control of the narrative” was meaningless. Today, it is viewed as a fundamental principle of political, cultural and even religious life. Who sets the parameters of the ...

One reads the prize-winning author Rachel Cusk for perspectives rather than plots. Her recent novels do not even flesh out her characters. It is as if she were telling parables; too much detail would ...

The month of August for Romans Catholics celebrates two feasts of Mary, the Mother of God. The first is the Solemnity of the Assumption into heaven of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated on this ...