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Hail Mary, full of grace: Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary
The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of ...
Takeaways from AP's reporting on looming extinction of rare version of Christianity in rural Japan
On the rural islands off the coast of Japan, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links ...
Understanding why Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary | Letter
I write regarding the May 18 article “Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary.” The Associated Press article in the Maine Sunday Telegram, about the Virgin Mary, gave a good, generalized ...
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‘My First Hail Mary in 45 Years’: Rosary Team Brings Prayer to Memory Care Residents
One that really got to me was I was praying with one resident and she said to me after we were done praying, ‘That’s the ...
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'Hearts On Fire' for prayer, penance and prophecy
ON May 31, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Saint Elizabeth and last day of the month ...
'A huge loss.' In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of ...
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Hail Mary, full of grace: Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary
The month of May is dedicated to Marian celebrations, so here’s a look at the history and traditions about Mary and why praying to her means so much to so many. One Mary, a myriad titles ...