The consecration prayer references Marian devotions from around the world, including Mary, Undoer of Knots, a Marian devotion close to Pope Francis’ heart. (Story continues below) ...

Join our reporters inside St. Peter’s Basilica for the consecration of Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Salonen writes, "The word 'consecration' here recalls a time in 1917 when the Blessed Mother appeared, on several different occasions, to three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal. Without ...

Pope Francis announced Tuesday that he will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, fulfilling a 1917 vision revealed to Portuguese children that such a blessing would usher ...

The consecration prayer references Marian devotions from around the world, including Mary, Undoer of Knots, a Marian devotion close to Pope Francis’ heart.