secularism forced it to close. But today the shrine is regaining its past popularity, since a new priest came to Bargemon six years ago, giving a place of honor back to the Virgin Mary. Since then, pilgrims [...] a community of 42 Christian refugees from Iraq is now actively participating in the renewal! The priest of Bargemon, Father Philippe-Marie Métais Fontenel, shared his story: "I had asked the bishop for

initiatives. The Virgin Mary can smooth the difficulties and obstacles put by men,” continued the priest. Raja Rampuris is a prized destination to entrust oneself to the “Mother of God,” whose image is [...] visited by John Paul II in 1986, that of today has eight and a greater number of baptized persons and priests, religious, and local Bishops, as well as a Cardinal, the Archbishop of Dhaka Patrick D’Rozario.

May 9 – Our Lady of the Woods (Italy, 1607) Let a statue of Mary be honored in every church Priests and faithful are at times surprised to not see a statue of the Virgin Mary in some churches – these are

of twenty cubits. Eighty-two young girls wove it. Two veils were made each year and three hundred priests were needed to carry it to the pool" (Mishna Sheqalim 8, 5). The Talmud also says that when the Temple

America) She is More a Mother than a Queen (I) If I could have given just one sermon about her as a priest, that would have been enough for me to get across my ideas about her. In the first place, I would

Jesus Christ) , Ed Albin Michel, Paris, 1991. (1) Raymond Léopold Bruckberger was a French Dominican priest, writer, translator, scriptwriter and director, born on April 10, 1907, died in Freiburg, Switzerland

advice comes from Saint John Bosco, who lived through a cholera epidemic in Turin in 1854. The Italian priest recommended this to the young men he was sending out to tend the sick throughout the city. Not one

Virgin Mary for the miracle. On the same day she was cured, she gave birth to a boy who later became a priest. Her spectacular cure was a test case that started an era of reported miracles that has lasted ever

High and gave birth in my womb to him who is God and man." Maurice Zundel (1897-1975) Swiss Catholic priest and theologian

Bishop of Cahors (France) Monsignor Turini, the Rector of Rocamadour (France), Ronan Gouvello, many priests and politicians of the region, the Roc Rugby Club and its players, the Shrine of Rocamadour consecrated