of 1349, and it was in the following century that this prayer took the name of Rosary. The name "Rosary", from the medieval Latin rosarium, refers to a wreath of roses placed on the Virgin Mary as a crown [...] invented and taught the faithful a form of Marian psalter with only 50 Hail Marys, each followed by a "clausule". The clausulae are small additions to the Hail Mary prayer, which follow the name of Jesus [...] Jesus and help with the meditation of the mystery being contemplated. In this way, the two-fold purpose of the Rosary, which is directed both towards the Virgin Mary and Jesus, is deepened. The Dominican Alan

weather. And since then, the flowering of the bushes has always been repeated on the same date! Vittorio Messori, Italian journalist and prolific Catholic writer. Excerpt from Hypothèses sur Marie [...] desperately to it and crying out to her for help. Then a flash of light came out from the image, blinding the two men who fled, terrified. The Madonna herself appeared to Egida to talk to her and comfort her [...] of the prodigious event spread quickly throughout the city, and despite the late hour, people rushed in crowds to the place of the attack and the apparition. The thick blackthorn bushes surrounding the

Cabral, set out in the early 1500s to discover distant lands beyond the Atlantic. And it was the Virgin Mary, under the name of Our Lady of Hope, who was the first to set foot on Brazilian soil, thanks to [...] presence of the statue of the Virgin Mary he had brought with him. This is why Brazilians like to say that "Brazil was born in the arms of Mary". In fact, all the villages and ports of this new country began [...] landed, in April 1500, on the coast of a still unknown land that was first named "Island of Vera Cruz", before giving it its current name, "Brazil" (from the word "pau-brasil" or "wood in embers" evoking the

hands and cure the thirst of the blind man. Apply that water to his eyes, and you will immediately know who I am, I have inhabited this place for a long time." The blind man regained his sight, and Leo, [...] this place for a long time" The Virgin Mary appeared several times in Constantinople (today’s Istanbul, Turkey), particularly at the still popular Church of Saint Mary of the Spring, west of the city. Many [...] crumble, the Mother of God appeared and held up the structure until the crowds inside came out safely. After the capture of Constantinople by the Turks (1453), the church and monastery were destroyed, but the

mechanical and superficial but profoundly, the Rosary brings, in fact, peace and reconciliation. It contains within itself the healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at [...] at the center of each "Hail Mary". Address of Pope Benedict XVI in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, May 3, 2008

Denis Bourgerie and his wife were also instrumental in popularizing the devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots In Brazil. Bourgerie was working as a pilot when he moved to Brazil in the 1970s and decided to become [...] Santa Fe, and other places. It was during this trip, while walking through the streets of Buenos Aires, that he learned of a Catholic Marian shrine, where the Virgin Mary is venerated under a name he was [...] not familiar with, in the church of San José del Talar. He went there and was amazed at both the picture of Mary Undoer of Knots and at the vast crowds that came to petition her. Bourgerie obtained a replica

for the first time. She then took the name of Josephine, after her baptismal godmother, while keeping the names of Fortunata and Bakhita, and added that of Mary to place herself under the protection of [...] baptism, she made the consecration to Our Lady, and received the medal and the blue ribbon of the Daughters of Mary. Bakhita had a deep devotion to Mary: “The Blessed Virgin protected me when I did not [...] towards the end of 1889, and, on January 9, 1890, she was baptized by Archbishop Domenico Agostini, Cardinal Archbishop of Venice. On that same day she was also confirmed and received Holy Communion for

Mother, a real one, the one I had been lacking. My Mother’s name is Mary, God said. Her heart is absolutely pure and full of grace, She is a virgin and her body is inhabited by such a light that on earth I never

Mother, a real one, the one I had been lacking. My Mother's name is Mary, God said. Her heart is absolutely pure and full of grace, She is a virgin and her body is inhabited by such a light that on earth I never

four young girls, Conchita, Jacinta, Mari Loli and Mari Cruz reported seeing an angel, followed by an intense light "that does not hurt the eyes" and then the Virgin Mary - who came under her title of Our [...] intercession and agency of St. Michael, want to tell you to amend your ways. You are now being given the last warnings. I love you very much, and I do not want your condemnation. Pray to us sincerely, and we will [...] fulfilled and has not been widely made known to the world, I want to tell you that this is the last one. Before, the Cup (of the Divine Wrath) was filling up; now it is overflowing. Cardinals, bishops and priests