There are other traditions of autonomous images of Mary. When Mary's youth and virginity is stressed (for example, Virgin in the Temple), she is represented without the child, also as Immaculate ...

Two decades ago, Sally Read was an award-winning poet, an outspoken feminist as well as a vehemently anti-Catholic ... as a child she saw images of the Blessed Virgin Mary — and these were ...

Some Christians criticize the Catholic Church for elevating ... Matthew's Gospel also supports Mary as the Mother of God. In the first chapter, Mary's Child is said to be conceived by the Holy ...