of the human person from conception until natural death
Pope Saint Paul VI introduced the feast of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God in 1970. Then, in his later encyclical Marialis Cultus he described it this way, “This celebration, assigned to January 1 in conformity with the ancient liturgy of the city of Rome, is meant to commemorate…
On January 5, 1964, Pope Saint Paul VI visited Nazareth, in the Basilica of the Annunciation, where he delivered an address highlighting some aspects of the life of Jesus in that Galilean town. He noted this: “Nazareth is the school in which we begin to understand the life of Jesus…
On March 3, 2018, Pope Francis announced that a new memorial would be added to the General Roman Calendar and celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost, entitled “The Blessed Virgin…
2024 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – January 18 through January 25 “You shall love the Lord your God…and your neighbor as yourself.” “Ecumenism” is derived from the Greek…
Nature and dignity 