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Why the Devil Hates the Blessed Virgin Mary
Satan hates the Blessed Virgin Mary. In fact, he has been doing everything in his power to discourage devotion to her and instill hatred for her for two millennia. Have you ever noticed that it is...
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The Story of Our Lady of Lourdes and France’s Apparitions
Of the fifteen apparitions of the Virgin Mary officially confirmed by the Holy See through the world, fully one-third have occurred in France. The history of Marian apparitions in France begins in...
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The Message of Our Lady of Lourdes
We call the “Message of Lourdes” the gestures and words that were exchanged between the Blessed Virgin Mary and Bernadette Soubirous, at the Grotto of Massabielle, during the time of the eighteen...
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Nutella Founder Dies, Said Secret of Success Was Our Lady of Lourdes
This Saturday afternoon in Monte Carlo, after a months-long illness, Michele Ferrero, 89, founder of Nutella, died. His company, founded in 1946 in Italy, produced the popular hazelnut chocolate spread...
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How the Virgin Mary Blessed the United States
I was recently given a fascinating little book called American History You Never Learned; it contains much information showing that the discovery of the New World, and the founding of our nation,...
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How Catholics Celebrate the Month of May
In May, Catholics hold a ceremony wherein a statue of the Blessed Mother is crowned by children, accompanied by solemn hymns, joyfully sung. Mary’s crown is made of woven May flowers. The Catholic...
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Francis, Fatima and the End of the World
At the end of April it was confirmed that Pope Francis will travel to Fatima for the one hundredth anniversary of the Marian apparitions, and it is rumored that he will use the occasion to canonize the...
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Pilgrims Flock (Once Again) to English Shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary
An ancient shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary, once one of the top pilgrimage destinations in Christendom, is experiencing a resurrection as crowds of twenty-first century pilgrims wend their way to...
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Pope Francis and “The Mother Wound”
One of the great wounds in our society and in our own hearts is “the mother wound.” Put simply, each one of us is created with a need for total, unconditional acceptance and love. From the moment of...
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Statue of Our Lady of Fatima to Travel to Syria to Protect Christians
At a press conference on August 12, Fr. Carlos Cabecinhas, rector of the Shrine of Fatima, Portugal, announced that the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be brought to the city of Damascus, in...
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Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe Ignites Faith in Mexico
In the early 16th century, at the height of the Protestant Reformation sweeping across Europe, another reformation was embracing the American Continent. It began with a simple man and a spectacular...
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What Happened when Our Lady of Guadalupe Spoke to Another Reluctant Man Named...
Twenty-five years ago, while in his medical residency, John Bruchalski, MD, FACOG was handing out contraceptives, performing sterilization and abortion procedures, and even creating human embryos...
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Video: The Power of the Rosary to Change Your New Year
The new year began yesterday—as it always does—with the feast of Mary, Mother of God and this video is a good reminder of one way we can invite Mary into our lives in 2015— by praying the rosary. The...
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The Rosary: Where it Came From and Why We Need it Now More than Ever
One of the great works of art is Michelangelo’s Last Judgment on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. His uplifting mural combines the horror of damnation with the joy of eternal salvation in a vivid...
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Our Lady of Fatima and the Midnight Appointment
Jim didn’t always feel comfortable being in church. As a man with same-sex attraction, he felt that the regulars would sit in judgment of him. God knows he tried. As a young man he sought help in the...
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5 Ways the saints can help you with everyday problems
Anyone raised in a Catholic home knows some of the “Catholic shortcuts” to life. One of them, of course, is to ask St. Anthony of Padua for help in finding lost things. I definitely have called upon...
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Meeting the Mother of God — as a mother
“I told the Blessed Mother I will not write four. I will only write three,” my friend said, emphatically, and this struck me, when I thought about it, as gross insubordination. She was telling me...
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