The Second Vatican Council and Mary: chapter VIII of Lumen gentium
The Second Vatican Council devoted chapter VIII of Lumen Gentium to Mary. Learn about the debates, the conciliar choices, and the renewal of…
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Mary and the Most Holy Trinity: the daughter, the mother, and the spouse
Mary is Daughter of the Father, Mother of the Son, and Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Explore more deeply the Trinitarian dimension of Mariology…
Perpetual virginity of Mary: the dogma and its meaning
The perpetual virginity of Mary is a dogma of the Catholic faith. Learn its theological foundations, the history of its definition, and its…
Mary Queen: the title of Marian queenship
Mary Queen: discover the biblical and theological foundations of Marian queenship, defined by Pius XII in 1954. Explore this title and its…
The intercession of Mary: the mother who intercedes
Mary’s intercession unites the prayer of the faithful to the mediation of Christ. The biblical and theological foundations of Marian…
The spiritual motherhood of Mary: mother of all the faithful
The spiritual motherhood of Mary: the theological and biblical foundations of her mission as Mother of all the faithful. Let us explore this…
The faith of Mary: the path of the faithful woman
Mary’s faith sustained her from the Annunciation to Calvary. Explore the theology of Marian faith in the encyclical Redemptoris Mater and…
The Assumption of Mary: The Dogma of 1950
A dogma defined by Pius XII in 1950, the Assumption of Mary reveals the glorious destiny of the redeemed human body. Let us delve deeper into…
Virginal conception: Mary, mother of Jesus, without the intervention of a man.
The virginal conception of Mary: the biblical, patristic, and dogmatic foundations of this central truth of the Christian faith. Deepen your…
The Annunciation: The Moment of the Fiat
Discover the theological and biblical meaning of the Annunciation, the moment of the “Fiat” in which Mary welcomes the announcement of the…
Marian Psalms and Canticles: The Biblical Prayer of Mary
Discover which are the Marian psalms par excellence and how the biblical and patristic tradition associated the canticles of the Scriptures…
The Gospels and Mary: The Presence of Our Lady in the Four Gospels
The four Gospels reveal Mary in complementary ways. Explore the presence of Our Lady in the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, Mark, and John and what…
Our Lady of Syracuse: The Tears of the Virgin
In 1953, an image of Our Lady of Syracuse wept for four days. Learn about the phenomenon, the scientific investigation, and the shrine raised…
Mary the Handmaid: The Humility of the Ancilla domini
Mary calls herself the handmaid of the Lord. The Ancilla Domini reveals humility as the foundation of the Marian vocation. Delve deeper into…
Rue du Bac: the apparition of the Miraculous Medal
In 1830, at the Rue du Bac, Our Lady appeared to Catherine Labouré and asked her for the Miraculous Medal. Discover the apparitions and the…
Marian Popular Religiosity: The Faith of the People and Inculturation
Feasts, processions, and ex-votos express the faith of the people. Explore the theological value of Marian popular religiosity and the…
Finding in the Temple: the loss and the finding of Jesus
The only episode from Jesus’ childhood after Christmas reveals the mystery of the Finding in the Temple. Mary and Joseph seek their Son for…
Priests and Mary: The Mother of the Ministers of Christ
Mary is mother, model, and protectress of Catholic priests. Explore the Marian spirituality of the priesthood and deepen this sacred bond…
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple: Mary and Simeon
Discover the theological meaning of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, Mary’s encounter with Simeon and Anna, and the prophecy of the…
Nazareth: The Hidden Life of Mary and Jesus
Nazareth was the home of Mary and Jesus for 30 years of hidden life. Discover the spirituality of this sacred place and its Marian shrine.
Lourdes: The Apparitions and the Healing Spring
At Lourdes, Our Lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 and revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception. Discover the apparitions, the…
The Imitation of Mary: Following in the Mother’s Footsteps
Following in Mary’s footsteps means cultivating humility, obedience, and charity. Delve deeper into this spiritual path and discover how the…
The Joys of Mary: The Joyful Dimension of Mariology
The joys of Mary reveal the joyful dimension of Mariology. Seven moments of jubilation and exultation in the life of Our Lady. Let us delve…
Mary, the Woman: Anthropological and Biblical Dimension
John calls Mary simply the woman at Cana and on Calvary. Explore the anthropological and biblical dimension of this title and its meaning in…
Mary’s Fidelity: From the Annunciation to Calvary
Mary’s fidelity runs through her whole life, from the “Fiat” to the “Stabat.” Explore the Marian theology of this singular virtue…
Fatima: The Message and the Apparitions of 1917
Explore more deeply the theological meaning of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, the three secrets, and the Marian message that…
Vocations and Marian Devotion: Mary in the States of Life
Marian devotion illuminates every Christian state of life. Discover how Mary accompanies the consecrated vocation, marriage, and the priesthood.
Evangelization and Mary: The Mother of the First Evangelized
Mary, mother of the first evangelized, is model and cooperator in the mission of the Church. Let us explore more deeply the relationship…
Sorrows of Mary: the compassion of the mother
The Seven Sorrows of Mary reveal the compassion of the Mother in the history of salvation. Explore Marian theology and the devotion to Our Lady…
Marian devotion: forms, history and spirituality
Discover the theological meaning of Marian devotion, its historical forms and the criteria of the Second Vatican Council for an authentic and…
The Way of the Cross and Mary: the mother along the road to Calvary
Mary accompanied Jesus at every station of the Way of the Cross. Explore the Mother’s spirituality of compassion along the road to Calvary…
The Wedding at Cana, Mary, the first sign and the exegesis of Jn 2:1-12
At the Wedding at Cana Mary intercedes and Jesus works the first sign. An exegesis of Jn 2:1-12 and the foundation of Marian mediation. Delve…
Marian apparitions: criteria and theological meaning
Explore the theological meaning of Marian apparitions and the criteria the Church applies in order to discern and approve them. Delve deeper…
Bethlehem and Mary: the mystery of the Nativity
Bethlehem reveals the mystery of the Nativity and the divine motherhood of Mary. Explore the theological and spiritual meaning of this sacred…
Mary in the Old Testament: prefigurations and typology
The Old Testament prefigures Mary in Eve, in the Ark of the Covenant, and in the Daughter of Zion. Explore the richness of Marian typology in…
Ain Karim: the village of the Visitation
Ain Karim, village of the Visitation in the Holy Land, keeps the memory of the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth. Delve deeper into the biblical…
Oportet exaltari: Mary and the Son Lifted Up
A meditation on Mary at the foot of the Cross and the Son lifted up, according to Jn 3:14-15. Paschal faith, the bronze serpent, and…
The Miraculous Medal: Catherine Labouré, the apparitions, and the symbolism
Discover the origin of the Miraculous Medal in the apparitions of 1830, its theological symbolism, and the graces promised by Our Lady to…
Mary in Sacred Scripture: the biblical foundations of Mariology
Biblical foundations of Mariology: from the Protoevangelium to the Book of Revelation, by way of the Annunciation, the Magnificat, and Calvary.…
Theotokos: Mary, Mother of God, at the Council of Ephesus (431)
Theotokos, defined at the Council of Ephesus in 431, reveals the Christological foundation of the title Mother of God. Explore its origin…
The Immaculate Heart of Mary: devotion, theology, and consecration
Explore devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, its origin, the call of Fatima, consecration, and its profound theological meaning in the…
Nisi natus fuerit denuo: Mary and the Birth from Above
A Mariological meditation on Jn 3 and spiritual birth: Mary, Mother of spiritual rebirth in Christ. Explore this reflection more deeply at…
My Lord and my God: Acts 2, 1 Pet 1, and Mercy Sunday in Jn 20
Paschal faith, divine mercy, and Thomas’s confession bring together Acts 2, 1 Pet 1, and Jn 20. Explore more deeply the theology of the…
The Two Marys: Witnesses of the Same Mystery
A meditation on the two Marys as witnesses of the paschal mystery. The Mother of Jesus and Magdalene are united in the death and the…
Dominus est: Mary, the Beloved Disciple, and the Recognition by the Sea
Dominus est: the beloved disciple recognizes the risen Christ by the sea. Explore the fruit of Mary’s spiritual motherhood in this…
“Woman, Why Are You Weeping?”: Mary and the Paschal Joy Born of Tears
Mary Magdalene weeps beside the empty tomb. The Risen One transforms mourning into Paschal joy. Let us explore this Mariological contemplation…
He Has Risen as He Said: Acts 10, Col 3, and the Empty Tomb in Jn 20.
Easter: Acts 10, Col 3, and Jn 20 proclaim the Resurrection of Christ. The empty tomb and “Vidit et credidit” illuminate the heart of…
Mary, Mother of the Church: The Title, the Feast, and the Theology
Mary, Mother of the Church: learn about the title proclaimed at Vatican II, the feast instituted in 2018, and the theology of the Dogmatic…
Our Lady of Mount Carmel: The Scapular, Mount Carmel, and Marian Spirituality
Discover the spirituality of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the meaning of the scapular, and the devotion to Mount Carmel that spans eight centuries…
International Symposium on Mariology: The Largest Academic Event in Mariology
The world’s largest academic event in Mariology brings together researchers and theologians in Fatima. Explore the International Symposium on…