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by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | Basilica of St. Mary Major, lead, Marian devotion, News, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, rosary, Russia, Salus Populi Romani, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis Tuesday closed the month of May with a special rosary for peace in the world as the war in Ukraine drags on, causing not only incalculable death and destruction, but also creating splinters throughout global Orthodoxy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 26, 2020 | Basilica of St. Mary Major, Communion, COVID-19 pandemic, Funerals, lead, Maria Salus Populi Romani, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, Rome | 0 |
Late August in Rome marks the apex of the summer doldrums, the last chance to get away before the press of the fall begins. Pretty much nothing happens in the city, and that very much includes the Vatican.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 16, 2020 | Basilica of St. Mary Major, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Coronavirus, COVID-19, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
With Italy on lockdown and Rome streets almost deserted, Pope Francis left the Vatican March 15 in a mini-pilgrimage to an icon and to a crucifix associated with miraculous interventions to save the city and its people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 6, 2020 | ad limina, Basilica of St. Mary Major, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, News, Pope Francis, US bishops, Vatican | 0 |
The life of every Christian, and especially of every bishop, involves “a call, a response and a mission,” Bishop Michael W. Warfel of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, told his brother bishops from the Northwest.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 30, 2020 | ad limina, Basilica of St. Mary Major, Bishop Kevin Vann, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Diocese of Orange, News, US bishops, Vatican | 0 |
While an “ad limina” visit literally is to the “threshold” or tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul, the visit all bishops are required to make periodically to Rome also leads them to Mary.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 23, 2020 | ad limina, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, Basilica of St. Mary Major, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, News, US bishops, Vatican | 0 |
The Catholic Church is not simply the house of God but a place that can be called “home sweet home” for all of God’s children, Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio said.
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