the rest. Isabelle Rolland. Marie qui défait les nœuds. D’un “miracle conjugal” à une dévotion universelle (Mary Undoer of Knots: From a "marital miracle" to a universal devotion). MDN 2022 [...] four times to meet and pray with the priest. On the third visit, Father Rem suggested that Wolfgang Langenmantel bring his wedding ribbon the next time. This wedding ribbon was a beautiful local custom: during [...] fruits today that no one could have imagined. It has given life to a new devotion, especially thanks to the future Pope Francis. Dedicated lay people, artists, priests and popular fervor accomplished the
Devotion to Mary and the daily Rosary have always been very important to us. I entered the seminary at the age of eleven. There, the devotion to Mary was strong: daily Rosary, first Saturdays, the month [...] month of May had many events organized to give thanks ... Mary was present in the challenges I had to face ... As a bishop, I make petitions to Mary every day. I entrusted to her the diocese of Saint Louis [...] April 24 – Our Lady of Lujan (Argentina) I entrusted my dioceses to her My experience with Mary began the day I was born! My mother had already lost three children during pregnancy. She almost lost me
which there was a big cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted [...] Most Holy Mother and mine. After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames [...] appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it, a bishop dressed in white. We had the impression that it was the Holy Father. Other bishops, priests, men and women religious were going up a steep mountain
seminary director had a passion for Mary. This priest, now passed away, had a deep influence on me. His name was Otho Fernandes Loures. He strongly encouraged us in our devotion to Mary, prompting us to use [...] canticles of Mary and to make a vow of submission to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Around the time that I was appointed bishop, he was on his hospital bed and said, "I have learned that you will be made a bishop [...] Immaculate Heart of Mary! I wished that Father Othon were still alive to tell him this fact! I have never stopped praying my Rosary every day and I very much feel the power of Mary in my life. Dom Paulo
in order to pray, to be reconciled with God through sacramental confession, and to hear what the Blessed Mother wishes to tell them. Many priests and bishops have witnessed significant graces and spiritual [...] places of conversion in the world Beginning on June 25, 1981, six children claimed to have daily visions of the Virgin Mary, who gave her name as the "Queen of Peace" in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Her [...] reconciled!" What did she mean? The region had been at peace since 1945! But 10 years later, to the day, a terrible civil war broke out in the Balkans. The village was attacked, but miraculously protected during
pilgrimage office has published a guide to guarantee the correct development of pilgrimages, knowing full well that Chinese Catholics have a deep Marian devotion and a special affection for Our Lady of Sheshan [...] the Virgin Mary in following Christ her Son, to reveal the face of the Risen Lord and live a new life". With these words, the Archdiocese of Beijing embraces and accompanies the enthusiasm with which many [...] of Our Lady of Sheshan, the Virgin Mary, represented in a singular pose, while she lifts the baby Jesus by above his head, to show him to everyone as a trophy, as a sign of victory. Agenzia Fides , 25/4/2023
forth and witness the love of Christ to those who have no practical relationship with the Church. Enlisting the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in this ongoing effort will ensure the graces [...] Christians to hang onto the Faith and pass it down to their children On a journey to Kyrgyzstan two years ago as part of my work with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ work to aid the Church [...] shot the priest, and religion was outlawed from that point forward. This woman would secretly gather the villagers in her home after dark and they would pray the Rosary together. They had no priest, no sacraments
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 [...] (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 celebration. Bishop [...] their own lives, so that we may have eternal life, he argued. Nearly 300,000 Catholics suffered and were killed because of their faith between the 17 th and 19 th centuries. Among them, 117 martyrs were canonized
quite a challenge when it starts snowing! But what a joy to end a long day of work with this prayer, entrusting all the people and difficult situations we have encountered during the day to Mary's intercession [...] pray the Rosary every day, at least a decade, are in good hands. The same goes for me, a priest and a bishop. It took me a long time to say the Rosary every day. Today, I am happy to say that I pray it every [...] transportation to pray a decade. Finally, I realized that this prayer is suitable for all ages. It is wonderful to pray the Rosary with children and teenagers. I am convinced that a family and a couple who pray
Virgin Mary "wanted to be a priestess". This was emphasized by the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, pointing to the source of the teaching on the priesthood that the Catholic Church shares with all [...] in the Arab countries repeated in a few sentences the reasons why the Catholic Church and all the churches of the East do not have the faculty of conferring priestly ordination to women. In his televised [...] "duties" according to worldly models. The words of Patriarch Tawadros on the priestly ministry reserved for men appear in full harmony with what is recognized in this regard by the Magisterium of the Catholic