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Pontiff invokes Virgin Mary’s intercession upon Holy Land, Ukraine, Russia, Colombia (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV today invoked the Blessed Virgin Mary’s intercession for the people of the Holy Land, Ukraine, Russia, and Colombia.
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Iconography of the Dormition and Assumption allows us contemplate our destiny, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV said today that iconography of the Dormition and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary “allows us to contemplate our ultimate destiny.”
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Spanish priest helps over 1,200 people find a spouse using WhatsApp
Using a questionnaire and a few important criteria, Father Fernando Cuevas has helped singles who want Christ at the center of their lives to find each other. Father Fernando Cuevas, …
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Spanish priest helps over 1,200 people find a spouse using WhatsApp
Spanish priest Father Fernando Cuevas has helped 1,280 single people find a spouse and get married over the past 15 years using WhatsApp and a simple questionnaire. “There are many …
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Papal visit to Pucallpa could prove decisive for Church in Amazon region, Peruvian prelates predict (CWN)
Two Peruvian prelates who minister in Peruvian Amazonia predicted that Pope Leo XIV’s scheduled November visit to the Amazonian city of Pucallpa could prove decisive for the Church in the …
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Marian dogmas: What every Catholic should know
Over the centuries the Catholic Church has formally proclaimed four Marian dogmas: her immaculate conception, divine motherhood, perpetual virginity, and assumption into heaven. Assumption of the Virgin Mary fresco painting …
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Marian dogmas: What every Catholic should know
The solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Aug. 15 is an opportune time to deepen our love for the Mother of God by understanding the “place” …
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The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Assumption points us to true beauty, Pope Leo preaches (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Pontifical Parish of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo this morning and preached that the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Assumption points the way …
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Heaven Bears the Prize Away
Some things are simply too beautiful for words. The Glorious Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a case in point. No words, however beautiful, can do justice to the sheer …
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The Blessed Virgin Mary: Sinless by grace, saved by grace, assumed by grace
Top half of “Assumption of the Virgin” (1517) by Rosso Fiorentino [WikiArt.org] Readings: • Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab• Psa 45:10, 11, 12, 16• 1 Cor 15:20-27• Lk 1:39-56 On December 8, …