Holy Land Mary, the most loved woman in the world The Virgin Mary is without doubt the most beloved woman in the world. From one end of the Earth to the other, all Christians venerate her as the Mother

Lombardy (Italy) 1947 Our Lady "Rosa Mystica" of Montichiari On July 13, 1947, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared several times to nurse Pierina Gilli as she was praying in the chapel of the local hospital [...] Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) announced the approval of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Pierina Gilli. Interior of the dome of the Basilica of Montichiari / ©CC BY-SA 3.0/Wolfgang [...] goodness that these children had ." The next day (the date on which Mary also appeared at Île-Bouchard, in France), the Virgin Mary, appearing "on a great white staircase adorned on both sides with white

his hand a small statue of the Virgin Mary, which he placed over the boy's face and commanded with a loud voice: " Impure spirit, flee from the face of the Immaculate Virgin!" A dull creak was heard. Thiébaut [...] of the two possessed Thiébaut and Joseph Bürner, obtained through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate, in the year of our Lord 1869. " Patrick Sbalchiero Beyond reasons to believe: The [...] nothing of the Church's Marian theology. Yet it was at the mention or sight of an image of the Virgin Mary that they expressed explosive hatred. Thiébaut's deliverance was accompanied by a sudden and definitive

several stars in Mary's crown... and he was very keen on making Mary's crown visible! Father Laurentin, an expert on the Blessed Virgin Mary, had no immediate answer to give him. Does Mary wear or not wear [...] immoderate love for the Blessed Virgin Mary!" And from then on, every time he had to sign important documents, Edmond would go and pray at Father Lamy's tomb to ask for an undying love for Mary... His prayer was [...] pastor of La Courneuve, for " an immoderate love of Mary ". His prayer was answered, and the energy he subsequently put into serving the Virgin Mary led him to launch a host of astonishing initiatives

hard-pressed to find a rival to Mary, whom " all ages " call " blessed " ( Lk 1:48 ) like no other woman on earth. There is no other explanation than that given by the Virgin Mary herself: " The Most High has [...] n: Article Mary In Scripture: Rediscovering the Bridge Between the Old and the New Testaments Msgr Charles Pope’s Blog Prophecies of Mary and her role Article Why Mary’s Perpetual Virginity Matters [...] places, as Longpont and Chartres in Gaul, where the Virgin Mary was loved in pre-Christian time before being known: the people venerated a " Virgin who is to give birth ", in response to this unprecedented

children a solid and consistent Christian education, and inspired Alphonsus' deep devotion to the Virgin Mary . One of her brothers (Alphonsus' uncle) was bishop of Troia, and two of her sisters (the future [...] Converse with God; Uniformity with God's Will ; What Will Hell Be Like? ; The Glories of Mary; Visits to the Blessed Sacrament; Preparation for Death: A Popular Abridgement; The Twelve Steps to Holiness & [...] later for serious health reasons. He died on August 1, 1787. Saint Alphonsus kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament, stained glass window by Franz Mayer in Carlow Cathedral /© CC BY-SA 4.0/Andreas F. Borchert

ask the Virgin for an heir to the throne of France. Louis XIV was born nine months later. On February 10, King Louis XIII signed a public vow consecrating the kingdom of France to the Virgin Mary. In 1660 [...] she appeared again, accompanied by the Child Jesus, the Archangel Michael and Saint Bernard. The Virgin Mary asked for a chapel to be build on the spot and promised many graces to those who would come to [...] exactly with the birth of Protestantism, which rejected devotion to and the intercessions of the Virgin Mary. This context is not insignificant. On June 7, 1660, when Louis XIV and his mother Anne of Austria

for him, Jesus Christ was merely a clever magician; he denied the Holy Trinity, rejected the Blessed Virgin Mary, asserted that all religions were good and equal, and practiced magic. A zoologist, he also

Pontiff. After the Battle of Lepanto, Pius V added a further invocation to the litanies of the Blessed Virgin: " Help of Christians, pray for us! " Within the Catholic community, the victory at Lepanto [...] response to the Pope's appeal, the whole of Christendom consecrated itself in a special way to the Virgin Mary, by praying the rosary. The highly improbable outcome turned into a resounding victory for the [...] commemorated every first Sunday in October in all churches. The certainty of having been helped by the Virgin Mary led Christians to rely on her again during the other decisive battle that halted Muslim expansion

of Fatima As we know, the Virgin Mary held a special place in the life of John Paul II, as recalled by his pontifical motto: Totus tuus ego sum, Maria ("I am all yours, Mary"). He had been wearing the [...] Mass of thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary in his private chapel, every May 13 at 5pm. On May 13, 1982, in the presence of a million faithful, he went to Fatima to thank the Virgin for protecting him. He also [...] collapsed in the countries of the Soviet bloc. " As Mary had promised, in the end, her " Immaculate Heart will triumph ". Fabrice-Marie Gagnant, member of the Mary of Nazareth apologetics team Beyond reasons to