and his life, not directly and in themselves—like actually seeing the Way of the Cross—but through Mary. One contemplates that which was at the center of her life, what she saw, felt, and treasured in her

old Visigothic cathedral, which was thus returned to the Catholic cult and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It is in memory of this day of October 9th that every year the "Valencian glories" take place (las

exquisitely graceful, affectionate and she loved the Lord. She was also very devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. She was a lily of purity too beautiful for this earth, and God decided to take her to Heaven. This

this challenge to the Christian faithful who asked for a special place to come and pray to the Virgin Mary: “Go and look for places that you like. Arrange them and we will come to them.” On March 31, 1968

Bulgaria Orthodox pilgrims from all over the world may see the miraculous icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the “Uspenie Bogorodichno” Cathedral in Varna, Bulgaria. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has sent

still did not know how much the Immaculate Conception would guide my life. It is because of the Virgin Mary that I am, at age 61, the most useless doctor in the world! As President of the Lourdes Office of

after Pope Pius XII declared the promulgation of the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A few months later, in 1951, the first community of Bethlehem was founded in France, and in 1976

was focused on a single point: this distant Roman province. This unique anticipation was one that Mary, more than anyone else, carried in her heart and in her prayer to the Holy of Holies. It was accomplished

(France) – Our Lady of the Raft (Italy, 1117) Welcoming without resignation and waiting in hope Holy Mary, Virgin of waiting, give us the soul of a watchman. Now that we have arrived at the threshold of the

(France) They were expecting a ruler from the East It is astonishing that at the time when the Virgin Mary was expecting Jesus, there was also a unique expectation among the pagans: Tacitus and Suetonius testify