Bishop Rules on Supposed Apparitions of Virgin Mary in Italy
In his decree, the Italian prelate explained that the messages of the supposed Marian apparitions contained “numerous theological errors.”
In his decree, the Italian prelate explained that the messages of the supposed Marian apparitions contained “numerous theological errors.”
Father Emmanuel Tropini, vicar of the St. Rose of Lima Parish in Villaguay, Argentina, joined the more than 100 youths in a great demonstration of love for the Virgin Mary.
The late pope expounded on the ‘great capacity for loving others which their femininity bears.’
The prelate made his petition to the Mother of God after Mass on July 17 in the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, patroness of the country.
“Jesus’ mother then told the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’” (John 2:5)
COMMENTARY: The consecration of the entire world and the human race to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was the manifest desire of the Roman Pontiffs in 1942, 1952, 1964, 1982, 1984, 2000 and 2013.
The fire at St. Peter’s is the latest in a series of fires and acts of vandalism which have struck Catholic churches in the last two days.
In the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, Dec. 8 is the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, but this year it was moved to Monday the 9th to avoid a conflict with the Second Sunday of Advent.
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!
“Mary ‘remained a virgin in conceiving her Son, a virgin in giving birth to him, a virgin in carrying him, a virgin in nursing him at her breast, always a virgin.’ With her whole being she is ‘the handmaid of the Lord.’’ (CCC 510)
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