There is no better way to pray than like Mary, who opened her heart to God with humility and trust, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis seeks to ‘liberate’ the Virgin Mary from the Mafia
Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends.
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Review: ‘Fatima’ scores a point for faith by exploring doubt
‘Fatima,’ gives both the innocent faithful and the innocently faithless their due.
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Pontifical academy unveils effort to fight mafia’s ‘deviant spirituality’ of Mary
The figure of Mary is often distorted and exploited by criminal organizations as a way to make people more submissive and “turn them into slaves,” according to Father Stefano Cecchin.
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Pope Francis writes new prayers, asks Catholics to pray rosary in May for end to coronavirus pandemic
Pope Francis wrote two new prayers to Mary that can be recited at the end of the rosary, prayers he said he would be reciting “in spiritual union with all of you.”
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As we grieve the coronavirus, look to Mary, the Mother of Sorrows
Amid the global pandemic of Covid-19 that has spread throughout this Lenten season, calling on the Mother of Sorrows feels all the more urgent.
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Read: Pope Francis’s prayer to Mary during coronavirus pandemic
Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God.
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Jesuit Autocomplete | Season 2, Episode 5: Catholics
Fr. Eric Sundrup, S.J., and Fr. Paddy Gilger, S.J., answer some of the Internet’s most searched questions about Catholics.
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Review: A pilgrim in search of grace
In her fourth book, The Virgin of Prince Street: Expeditions Into Devotion, Sonja Livingston introduces herself as a “pilgrimess” returning to her childhood church in Rochester, N.Y., after not regularly attending Mass for 20 years.
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What all sinners have in common with addicts
Can anyone adequately define what it means to be an alcoholic? Someone who regularly abuses alcohol is physically ill because of biological, even genetic, factors. And, like anyone suffering from a psychological pathology, an alcoholic’s free will is typically curtailed. Finally, as with any sinner, there’s probably no alcoholic who doesn’t bear some moral responsibility […]