dedicated to her. On March 25, 1646, a royal decree was issued ratifying the decision of the Cortes to name Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception as the patroness of Portugal, in gratitude for the nation's
achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven," paragraph 1030 reads. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment
entire Christian people has always and increasingly honored the Mother of God with this most sweet name." A more and more important place was given to this title, by different means: votive mass, an option
the case, the vocation of every woman is perfectly fulfilled in Mary's "here I am" pronounced in the name and place of all fundamental femininity. It must remind us - all of us - of our vocation, which is
of the Blessed Virgin Mary "Continue to do whatever it is you are doing, because it's working!" My name is Oscar and I am from Cameroon, but I live in Ivory Coast (Africa). I would like to share a personal
deepest respect for her, the most tender love, and the most complete confidence. He likes to see her name always united to his, and when a church is erected to his glory, he wants it to house a humble altar
had Protestant friends. They sometimes argued with me by using the false clichés about Catholics, namely that we worshiped Mary and the Pope. I would tell them that Jesus had the first place in my life
in the knot that she is asking to be undone. The daily meditations invoke Mary under her various names: "New Eve and Most Pure Virgin" (first day), "Filled with Grace and Lady of Beautiful Love" (second
the devotion was born, strongly promoted by the man who, 27 years later, would become Pope under the name of Francis. Isabelle Rolland. Marie qui défait les nœuds. D’un “miracle conjugal” à une dévotion
tornado victims. We received a written message from Pope Francis and he even prayed for Kentucky by name in his Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. We know that when we are one in Christ, we
