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What are the origins of the May Crowning?


What was the nature of Pope St. John Paul II’s devotion to Our Lady?


Why does Pope Francis have a special devotion to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots?


What is the Rosary and how did it originate?


What is the origin of the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, September 12th?


What is the difference between public and private revelation? Do Catholics have to believe the apparitions of the Blessed Mother?


Why is Mary referred to as the “mediatrix”?


What do we mean when we say Mary was “ever virgin”?


Why do we call Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows”?


Why do we call Mary “Mother of God”?


What is the Immaculate Conception?


What is the history surrounding the appearance of our Blessed Mother at Guadalupe, Mexico?


What is the Assumption of the Blessed Mother?


What do we mean by “the sleep of Mary” or “the dormition of Mary”?


Why do we call Mary by all these titles?


What is the story behind the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help?


What is the story of Our Lady of La Salette?


What is the story behind our Blessed Mother’s title, “Our Lady of Hope”?


Did Jesus have “blood” brothers and sisters?


Pope John Paul II had a strong devotion to Our Lady of Czestochowa. How did this devotion come about?


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