Her third novel, "The Color Purple," depicted the life and relationship ... the economic turmoil of Detroit for his first novel, "The Virgin Suicides." The Motor City native told NPR in 2009 ...

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It’s also why the rosary is one of the most widely used prayers — including publicly for the pope — and why popular devotions to the Virgin Mary, including processions and festivals ...

The obsession with Mary’s virginity began much later when, in his gospel, Matthew, quoted Isaiah 7:14: “Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.” ...

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking ... That’s just three of a myriad Virgin Marys around the world, whose ...

That’s just three of a myriad Virgin Marys around the world ... Even many of the less-than-devout know what it means to throw a Hail Mary.