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 ...

Catholic and Orthodox Christians -- and a few Protestants, too -- will celebrate Tuesday the taking up of Jesus' mother from earth to heaven. The Western church refers to it as the Solemnity of the ...

In The One Mediator, the Saints, and Mary, Lutheran scholar Eric W. Gritsch, who was a major translator in the English set, Luther’s Works, observed that “Luther affirmed Mary’s assumption into heaven ...

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is not mentioned in the Bible, but it has been part of the Tradition of the Church from earliest times. One can find mention of the Church’s faith — which ...

It’s mid-August, which means we in the Marian Library and across UD’s campus are anticipating a day off. While we are observing the Solemnity of the Assumption on Aug. 15, people in the Orthodox ...

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

August 15th is a holy day of obligation celebrating the Assumption of Mary, body and soul into heaven. On November 1, 1950 Pope Pius XII declared in Munificentissimus Deus (“The Most Bountiful ...

After 400 years, the Valencia Cathedral has reintroduced the performance of the “Mystery of the Assumption of the Virgin” drama as part of the basilica’s festivities to celebrate the Aug. 15 Marian ...