The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated by Catholics each year on Aug. 15. The day celebrates the assumption of Mary's body and soul into heaven.

CNA Staff, Aug 15, 2024 / 04:00 am. 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.

Today is the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the commemoration of Mary being “taken up body and soul to the glory of heaven” (“Munificentissimus Deus,” No. 40). In the Gospel reading from ...

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Aug. 15, 2021. Revelation 11:19a, 12:1-6a, 10ab Psalm 45 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Luke 1:39-56 ...

Devotees consider this Feast of the Assumption as Mama Mary’s "heavenly birthday”. Rather than a day of mourning for her loss, this day is celebrated for the “joy for the union of the mother ...

On August 15, Catholics worldwide mark the Virgin Mary being brought into heaven with a feast, known as the Feast of the Assumption. The fourth Dogma of Mary, which was proclaimed by Pope Pius XII ...

Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on Aug. 15, saying that the celebration gives Christians hope of a future united with Christ, both in this life and in ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- On the feast of Mary’s assumption into heaven, Pope Francis entrusted to her people’s prayers for peace, especially in Ukraine. “The din of weapons drowns out attempts ...

The Feast was later changed to "Assumption of Mary," since there was more to the feast than her dying.” Pope Pius XII proclaimed the Dogma of Mama Mary’s assumption, body and soul into heaven ...

Baltimore’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the U.S. Capitol. The first cathedral built in ...

Tuesday’s Feast of the Assumption, which honors Mary, became dogma in 1950. August 12, 2023 at 2:47 a.m.

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 ...