in Fatima, Portugal: between October 30 and November 8, 1950, in the days surrounding the solemn definition of the dogma of the Assumption (November 1, 1950), Pope Pius XII personally witnessed the same [...] on the wall over the bed of newly-wed Angelo and Antonina Iannuso. From August 29, 1953 to September 1, 1953, the image wept tears, which were scientifically analyzed. The Episcopate of Sicily carried out

consoles her people, is shared and transmitted. This is what Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI tells us about it: 1. The Holy Rosary is not a pious practice banished to the past, like prayers of other times thought of [...] power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary." 8. The Rosary, when it is not a mechanical, traditional form of repetition, is a biblical meditation that

Catholic faith, paying due homage to the Virgin is not an optional extra that can be passed over. In the 8th century, St. John of Damascus wrote that the title Theotokos “contains the whole mystery of the I [...] ..] Where Mary is, so too is the Church. And wherever the Church is gathered in prayer, as in Acts 1:14, the mother of the Church continues to be there, quiet and faithful as ever. May she continue to

- Our Lady of the Conception (Douai, France) Mary's 15 Promises to Those Who Recite the Holy Rosary 1)Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive special graces. 2)I [...] 7)Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church. 8)Those who are faithful to reciting the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light

is not easy to translate, which means “filled with grace,” “created by grace,” “full of grace” (Lk 1:28). Before calling her ‘Mary,’ he calls her “full of grace,” and thus reveals the new name that God [...] humankind” (Georges Bernanos, Diary of a Country Priest ). Excerpt from Pope Francis’ Angelus, December 8, 2017 Vatican.va

however, God goes to Mary, without sin, who responds: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord” (Lk 1:38). Here I am is the opposite of I hid myself . Here I am opens one up to God, while sin closes, isolates [...] God in all things and for all things. This is the secret of life. Pope Francis Angelus of December 8, 2018

December 8 - Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception A Time of Waiting Unique in World History (VII) The astrologers’ expectancy It now seems to be established scientifically that the astrologers from Babylon [...] alignment that can only be observed every 794 years occurred three times in 7 B.C. ? on May 29, October 1 and December 5. And they considered Jupiter to be the planet of the world’s rulers, Saturn as the planet

our No. 1 devotional image to Our Lady of the Rockies that is completely unique to this building.” The powerful image is set in custom-made stained glass, one of the focal points of the new US$14.8 million

those who pray the Rosary devoutly, from the Blessed Virgin Mary herself, through a private revelation. 1. Those who faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces. 2. I promise [...] 7. Those who have a true devotion to the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church. 8. Those who faithfully recite the Rosary shall have, during their life and at their death, the light

December 8 - Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception A Time of Waiting Unique in World History (VII) The astrologers' expectancy It now seems to be established scientifically that the astrologers from Babylon [...] alignment that can only be observed every 794 years occurred three times in 7 B.C. ? on May 29, October 1 and December 5. And they considered Jupiter to be the planet of the world's rulers, Saturn as the planet