Immaculate Heart" of Mary. A few years later, on May 31, 1915, Pope Benedict XV also asked the faithful to have recourse to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. On September 28, 1915, the pope amplified

people convert. Otherwise, all is lost [...]. Continue to serve your father and your mother as you have always done."

(XIII) "A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son" (Is 7:14) All throughout tradition, saints and mystics have also been unanimous in believing that the very humble Virgin never imagined she might be the mother

and there will be thousands of others around Saigon, Hué and Dalat. This is the price that we will have to pay. We are ready. Each cross will bear witness to mankind."

visible form, over a period of several days. Since April 2, 1968, up to the present day, the apparitions have lasted for various lengths of time, for up to more than two hours, on the top of the Coptic Church

now that evening is drawing near! ... I no longer fear the splendor of your supreme glory With you I have suffered and now on your lap I would like to sing, Mary, why I love you so And go on saying forever

said, "and recite the Rosary with the children. Do not tell anybody about what has happened until you have spoken to the doctor." The next morning, the brother refused to be anaesthetized, so the doctor was

of a vain or crippling inactivity. Therefore, even when in vain we have done our utmost to change a difficult situation, we still have something great to do that will keep us occupied and keep desperation

silent before shearers, he did not open his mouth. Seized and condemned, he was taken away. Who would have thought any more of his destiny? For he was cut off from the land of the living, struck for the sins [...] us; he opposes our action... Let us draw the righteous into a trap; he embarrasses us; he boasts of having God as his father; If he is a son of God, He will help him. Let us condemn him to a shameful death"

gap between the moral teachings of the church and the evolution of our secular society. Recent years have seen an increase in cultural mores and public policies at odds with church teaching, which means that [...] When wanting to achieve holiness, where else is it better to look than to those men and women who have already done so — that is, the saints themselves. “The saints and blesseds of paradise remind us,