The new pope Leo XIV is scheduled to deliver his first Sunday blessing from the loggia where he first appeared in public ...

V. Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, and was buried, rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father?

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is depicted in the gospels as someone of serious spiritual intuition. She's also described by God as "highly favored." But the woman who conceived the Savior was of humble ...