assembled faithful that the Virgin Mary and their own ancestors had lived the divine mercy and put it into action. The martyrs of Vietnam have borne witness to God's mercy with courage, at the cost of their [...] of La Vang (Central Vietnam) on August 14 and 15, 2018, to celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Four bishops and hundreds of priests concelebrated the different masses organized during this annual [...] Christ, Bishop De said in his homily. The Catholic Church in Vietnam has seven million members out of a population of 95 million. Foreign Missions of Paris

means shoulders. The scapular is a long strip of cloth covering the shoulders, often with a hood, that extends down to the feet in front and behind. Most monks wear it as a top layer of their habit. The scapular [...] Immaculate Heart of Mary are quite easy to perform. Because of that, all Catholics should try to put them into practice. These two points are: the consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the wearing [...] appeared as Our Lady of Mount Carmel, as she had announced in the previous apparition, and she was holding a scapular in her hand. Sister Lucia (1) attached great importance to it. When asked what made her think

recognized a miracle attached to the Knock Shrine, where a woman was cured of multiple sclerosis thirty years ago. Marion Carroll had been bedridden for years until she was healed in 1989 during a blessing [...] blessing with a monstrance at the shrine. She had been taken to the shrine on a stretcher, as she was paralyzed. Her eyesight was also impaired, and she was epileptic. “I recognize that Marion was healed from [...] 1879 apparition of the Virgin Mary, St Joseph, St John the Evangelist, angels, and the Lamb of God on the south gable of the town church. For a period of about two hours, a crowd gathered to adore the

James, Natalie and the others... A few years ago, as I was on my way to a reception for a new film I was about to make, I had a terrible car accident, in which I went through a NDE. Halfway between life and [...] David a Savior is born to you who is Christ, the Lord!" Jesus the Nazarene once said (Mt, 7): "You can judge a tree by its fruit. A good tree bears good fruit, a bad tree bears bad fruit." Mary's fruit [...] His Son. Needless to say, this divine encounter imprinted a permanent tattoo on my heart. I’ve always been slow to learn—and I still am, because a conversion is something ongoing—but I now thank God that

feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Australia will hold their own big National Rosary around their country. A group of people from Sydney, under the patronage of Bishop David Cremin, have been busy organizing the [...] for the protection of their country and to intercede for their young people. Ireland then followed with well over 30,000 lay people gathering at 53 venues around the country, many of them on the coastal [...] coastal beaches and hills overlooking the ocean. The number 53 was chosen because there are 53 Hail Marys in the Rosary . After Ireland, Italy’s coastal parishes organized the Rosary… Adapted from an article

Virgin came to her. Mary looked around in silence before speaking, and then she said, “You deprived yourself of my visit on August 15th because you were not calm enough. You have a real French character [...] chest and smiled, saying, “Stay calm my child. Be patient, it will be difficult for you, but I am with you. Be brave, I shall return.” Then she disappeared. The third part began on September 9th. For several

Labouré Totus Tuus! Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort proposed a very powerful Marian doctrine, which has been taken up again and lived out with fruitfulness by many Christians and in particular by Pope John [...] Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort invites us, by the Marian Consecration, to imitate Jesus by taking Mary as our Mother, and by entrusting everything to her.

Virgin came to her. Mary looked around in silence before speaking, and then she said, "You deprived yourself of my visit on August 15th because you were not calm enough. You have a real French character [...] chest and smiled, saying, "Stay calm my child. Be patient, it will be difficult for you, but I am with you. Be brave, I shall return." Then she disappeared. The third part began on September 9th. For several

is already set apart as a special Marian month during which we express our filial love, trust and veneration to Mary. But throughout October the Church honors Mary as the one who achieves victories for [...] message the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, gives to humanity again and again throughout the ages. Traditionally, the month of October is dedicated to the Rosary, or prayer through Mary. The month of May is [...] (1213) against the heretic Albigensian army. It was also thanks to the Rosary that Pope Saint Pius V (a Dominican) obtained victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571. That is why he instituted

caught in a marriage that she probably did not desire, but where she saw the Lord’s will, even though it seemed inconsistent with his original plan. She let herself be caught, trusting in a way out, as [...] admired her for it. She resolutely wanted to remain a virgin, yet trustingly accepted to be given in marriage. Everything worked out all right in the end for Mary, thanks to the support of her fiancé who, like [...] like her, had offered himself fully to the same God of Israel. It came as a great surprise for him to learn from His mouth that the woman betrothed to him, or whom he chose, was already "betrothed." And