which is also the National Holiday of Andorra. On that day, a Mass is held in which VIPs and the faithful of Andorra participate. Many make the pilgrimage on foot from one of the seven parishes. Origin [...] give them, by embracing them, respect and veneration." (2) "True devotion proceeds from the true faith, which leads us to recognize the eminent dignity of the Mother of God, and impels us to love this
where thousands of people find prayer, confession, conversion, reconciliation, healing, and a deeper faith. Cardinal Schönborn, December 1, 2002, in the Catechesis given in the Cathedral of Vienna, Austria
people who, by the guidance of the Holy Spirit, perceive the unity of the faith (this is called the common sense of the faithful) and of the bishops (as well as of the Fathers of the Church, Councils) who [...] Church. With her concern for every Christian, and indeed for every human creature, she guides the faith of the Church towards an ever deeper acceptance of God’s Word, sustains her hope, enlivens her charity
the statue of Our Lady of Bechwat is there to welcome the faithful of different religions. In this shared space, Muslim and Christian faithful look at, touch, caress and kiss the same objects: the statues
fellowship and sees the Blessed Virgin Mary as a model and a guide in the deepening and witnessing of the faith and in the carrying out of each one's mission to serve.
title is the one of my divine Motherhood, the reason of my own existence." "I am the messenger of faith and of love, to Christianity torn by divisions." The diocesan bishop granted the Imprimatur for the
However, her presence in the Koran does not prevent numerous points of divergence with the Catholic faith since for Muslims, Jesus is not the Son of God nor is Mary, a fortiori, the Mother of God. The Virgin [...] at the origin of a new humanity, Mary supports him in the birth of this new humanity through her faith and through sufferings. Thus, she becomes in her turn the new Eve, who at the foot of the Cross receives [...] the followers of Eastern wisdom, Mary can seem an admirable and sublime mother figure, to whom the faithful come to pray; finally, the Virgin Mary also touches many other people who can be described as “men
"Fatima events" - Fatima is a small village about 120 km north of Lisbon; here the Virgin called the faithful to pray for sinners and a true conversion of the heart. The Blessed Virgin promised a great miracle [...] communism struggle against the Church and Christians, and to the immense suffering of the victims of the faith during the 20th century. "I would like to reiterate all the kindness that the Lord showed me, when [...] suffer so much." June 26: Publication of the document of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the apparitions and the "Secret". Act of entrustment and consecration of the world to Our Lady
your Mother, thanks to the unfathomable Mercy of God. A soul is all the more pleasing to me as it faithfully fulfills the divine will... Be brave, do not be afraid of apparent obstacles, but fix your gaze [...] will come, not as the Merciful Savior, but as Just Judge ... Do not be afraid of anything, but be faithful till the end ...’" (Diary, 251.) Faustina distributed some images in Krakow and Wilno and people [...] Approval of the message and canonization of Faustina In 1937, the archbishop of Wilno allowed the faithful to pray before the image he had installed in a chapel. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, the young archbishop
in an irresistible way to imitation of the divine model, Jesus Christ, of whom she was the most faithful image.” Paul VI, Signum Magnum, I, 26 Mary and the Moral and the Intellectual Virtues Justice: The
