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Diana Markosian

The faithful flock to Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia, where Mary was said to have appeared in 1981.

An online story published in March 2021 told of civil rights activism in Oregon, which had a law banning Black residents when it became a state in 1859. In this photo, Portland artist and activist Cleo Davis, Jr., walks with his children in their neighborhood.

In the town of Puebla, Mexico, residents hold a parade for the Virgin Mary during the Feast of Guadalupe. Statues like this one are carried to the church, blessed, and then exchanged among families.

A burnt pickup truck, covered by fire retardant, lies among the remains of Oregon’s Talent Mobile Home Estates. Only a handful of homes in the Estates survived the Alameda Fire, which burned through the towns of Talent and Phoenix in southern Oregon.

A story in the December 2015 issue explored how cultures across the world revere and celebrate the Virgin Mary. Here, dancers in Haiti prepare for a midnight ceremony in honour of Ezili Danto, the Black Madonna.

The morning of their high school graduation, Anaste Berry and her twin sister, Zakiria Berry, both 18, get ready at home. Their senior year at St. Francis High in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, abruptly ended on March 13, 2020. That morning, they’d overslept and skipped their classes. Weeks later, they realised it had been their final day of high school. Today, Zakiria adjusts Anaste’s cap before leaving for the parade. The twins spent quarantine working at Walmart, watching Netflix, and chatting with their friends. Since they live with their grandmother, they were extra careful not take risks.

A nun from Poland pauses to pray during her walk to Częstochowa. Millions of pilgrims trek there to see the Black Madonna, an icon believed to bestow miracles upon the faithful. From “How the Virgin Mary Became the World’s Most Powerful Woman”