The Dispatch
“You have come and revealed Yourself, O Inaccessible Light.”
A Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, December 7, 2017, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord […]
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News Briefs
Chicago suburb is home to a major Guadalupe shrine
Photo courtesy of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, Ill. / null
Chicago, Ill., Dec 12, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Marian devotion is intense among the hundreds of thousands of people who visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe e… […]
News Briefs
Why Our Lady of the Pillar is the patroness of Spain and the Americas
Our Lady of the Pillar / Public Domain
Denver Newsroom, Oct 12, 2021 / 01:23 am (CNA).
Our Lady of the Pillar (officially in Spanish, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza,) is recognized as the first Marian apparition in the history of Christian… […]
News Briefs
‘Hope for the future’: Pope Francis asks Mary to intercede for end to pandemic
Pope Francis prays before a statue of Our Lady of Fatima May 13, 2015. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.
Vatican City, May 1, 2021 / 11:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis prayed a rosary Saturday for an end to the coronavirus pandemic, imploring the Virgin Mary to in… […]
General
Virgin Mary statue vandalized at Dickinson, Texas church
A priest in Texas is pointing out the increase in church vandalism in his state and the nation, after a statue of Mary was defaced at his church about a week ago. Father Adman Purdy […]
News Briefs
Artist offers to restore beheaded statue of Virgin Mary in Germany
Rome Newsroom, Nov 27, 2020 / 10:20 am (CNA).- An art restorer in Germany has offered to restore a decapitated statue of the Virgin Mary in Regensburg free of charge.
Known as the “doll doctor” for his work restoring dolls, Marcel Off… […]
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Pope Francis blesses Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal statue
Vatican City, Nov 11, 2020 / 08:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis blessed a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary of the Miraculous Medal at the end of his Wednesday general audience.
The statue will soon begin to travel around Italy as part of an evangelizat… […]
The Dispatch
St. Joseph: A just man and a sure guide during Advent
There is never a big splash in Joseph’s life – no craving for headlines, no domination, no unreal demands or expectations, just simple and complete […]
Books
The Monk and the Immaculate One: “You will never say enough about Mary”
A visit with Dom Xavier Perrin, the abbot of Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight and author of a new book on the Immaculate Conception. […]
Essay
Our Lady of Fatima: Then and Now
The story is well-known to many, but it never fails to amaze. The Queen of Heaven comes down to earth making an appearance out in a remote pasture to give grand instructions to a threesome […]