shall we say? Is she not our mother? Yes, my brothers, she is indeed our mother, for through her we have been born, not for the world but for God.

relations between the state and the Church were especially tense. One day, she and a few sisters were having a picnic after a Mass at a site of apparitions in that country when a hundred armed soldiers arrived

and me?" "Who are you?" answered the religious. "I am the mother of mercy," replied the Virgin. "You have many times invoked me, and now I come to take you: let us go to paradise." On that same day Leonard

assured, her speech so perfect, and she applied herself so ardently to praising God, that one would have taken her for a grown-up person and not a little girl. She prolonged her prayers and her face shone

whose virginity was preserved without a stain during childbirth, must accordingly be entitled to having her body preserved without corruption, even after death. The Mother, who had carried the Creator

fell at his feet. Finding himself detected, he confessed his crime. The Reverend Fagan is said to have given him a severe scolding.

by Father Gabriele Roschini: "No other Marian writing, not even the sum of all those I have read and studied, have been able to give me on Mary, God's Masterpiece, an idea as clear, as vivid, as complete

Princes and shepherds of souls and the faithful without number have come to these shrines through the centuries, to the holy Virgin whom they have greeted with titles expressive of their hope or gratitude.

rolling down against the walls of the courtyard. If she had not heeded this inner prompting, she would have been crushed to death by the logs. Her last premonition happened just before she was taken from us [...] taking her to the hospital, she said to her neighbor: "I won't be back, you know… " My siblings and I have a fond memory of this adoptive grandmother. There is no doubt that the Virgin Mary, who always protected

For more than a decade now, prayer vigils for the revival of the culture of Life in our societies have been held every year in several countries around the world led by their bishops, attracting large [...] Tagle of Manila, the Philippines, led the same event in his city at the same time. Church leaders have also opposed the various legislative bills that seek to destroy the sanctity of life. With the Virgin