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 ...

With these words, Pope Pius XII defined the assumption of Mary (which the Church celebrates as a solemnity on Aug. 15) as an article of the faith in 1950, at the end of his apostolic constitution ...

Mary’s Assumption does not mean she is absent, but that because she is one with Jesus she is intimately and effectively part of the church and its mission to the poor. Advertisement Most Read ...

The Assumption of Mary Last updated 2011-07-21 The doctrine of the Assumption teaches that at the end of her life, Mary, the mother of Christ, was taken body and soul into heaven.

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 ...

Aug 15, 2010 / 03:11 am. Today, Catholics and many other Christians will celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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.