John Paul II – Catechesi tradendae, n. 73: Mary, mother and model of catechists
Text of n. 73 of the Exhortation Catechesi Tradendae (John Paul II, 1979): Mary as the first catechist of the Church - Mary who catechized…
Category: Magisterium
Pius XII – Le Pèlerinage de Lourdes (1957): centenary of the apparitions and theology of pilgrimages
The encyclical Le Pèlerinage de Lourdes (Pius XII, 1957): centenary of the apparitions; Marian theology of pilgrimages; pastoral care of the…
Marian apparitions in the papal Magisterium: Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima, Aparecida
The Marian apparitions recognized by the Church in the papal Magisterium: Guadalupe (1531), Lourdes (1858), Fatima (1917), Aparecida (1943).…
Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy (2002): Marian sections
The Marian sections of the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy (Vatican, 2002): chap. V on Mary in the liturgical year and chap. VII on…
Vatican II – Marian References in the Remaining Documents: christus dominus, AA, AG, OT, PC, PO
The Marian references of the remaining documents of Vatican II: Christus Dominus, Apostolicam Actuositatem, Ad Gentes, Optatam Totius…
John Paul II – the Marian Year 1987-1988 and redemptoris custos: Mary, Woman and Spouse of Joseph
The Marian Year of John Paul II (1987-1988) and the Mariological triad Redemptoris Mater, Mulieris Dignitatem, and Redemptoris Custos: Mary as…
John Paul II – Letter to Families and Letter to Women: Mary and the Feminine Genius
The Apostolic Letters to Families (1994) and to Women (1995) by John Paul II: Mary as the definitive model of feminine dignity and of the…
Catechism of the Catholic Church – Marian Sections (nn. 484-511 and 963-975)
The two Marian sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992): nn. 484-511 (Mary in the Incarnation) and nn. 963-975 (Mary in the…
Francis – christus vivit, patris corde and fratelli tutti: Mary and Young People, Saint Joseph and Fraternity
The Marian texts of Christus Vivit (2019), Patris Corde (2020), and Fratelli Tutti (2020) by Pope Francis: Mary as influencer of young people…
Francis – Amoris Laetitia and Gaudete et Exsultate: Mary in the family and in everyday holiness
The Marian texts of Amoris Laetitia (2016) and Gaudete et Exsultate (2018) by Francis: Mary in the Holy Family of Nazareth and as the model of…
Benedict XVI – Sacramentum Caritatis and Caritas in Veritate: Mary mulier eucharistica and mother of charity
The Marian texts of Sacramentum Caritatis (2007) and Caritas in Veritate (2009) by Benedict XVI: Mary as the eucharistic woman and mother of…
John Paul II – Familiaris Consortio n. 86 and Christifideles Laici n. 64: Mary in the family and among the laity
The Marian texts of Familiaris Consortio (1981) and Christifideles Laici (1988) by John Paul II: Mary as the model of the Christian family and…
John Paul II – Pastores Dabo Vobis and the consecrated life: Mary, mother of priests and icon of the consecrated life
The Marian texts of Pastores Dabo Vobis (1992) and Vita Consecrata (1996), by John Paul II: Mary as Mater Sacerdotum and icon of perfect…
Francis – Lumen Fidei and Laudato Si: Mary icon of faith and Queen of all creation
The Marian texts of Lumen Fidei (2013) and Laudato Si' (2015) by Francis: Mary as the perfect icon of faith and Queen of all Creation in an…
John Paul II – Tertio Millennio Adveniente and Novo Millennio Ineunte: Mary, guide of the third millennium
The Apostolic Letters Tertio Millennio Adveniente (1994) and Novo Millennio Ineunte (2001): Mary as preparer and beacon of the Great Jubilee of…
John Paul II – Marian catecheses (1995-1997): the largest Marian cycle of the contemporary Magisterium.
The 70 weekly catecheses of John Paul II on Mary (1995-1997): the greatest Mariological synthesis of the contemporary Magisterium, organized in…
John Paul II – veritatis splendor no. 120 and evangelium vitae nos. 102-105: Mary, Mother of Life.
The Marian conclusions of Veritatis Splendor (1993) and Evangelium Vitae (1995): Mary as the existential foundation of Catholic morality and of…
John Paul II – salvifici doloris no. 25: Maria iuxta crucem (1984)
The text of no. 25 of the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris (John Paul II, 1984): Mary at the foot of the Cross as witness and singular…
Paul VI – Mense Maio, Christi Matri Rosarii and Recurrens Mensis October: the Rosary for peace
The three brief Marian encyclicals of Paul VI (1965-1969): Mense Maio, Christi Matri Rosarii, and Recurrens Mensis October. The Rosary for…
John Paul II – dives in misericordia, no. 9: Mary, Mother of Mercy (1980)
The text of no. 9 of the encyclical Dives in Misericordia (John Paul II, 1980): Mary, Mother of Mercy, who experienced, cooperated with, and…
Enchiridion Vaticanum – General Index of the Marian Documents of the Post-Conciliar Magisterium
General index of the Enchiridion Vaticanum (EDB Bologna): Marian documents of Vatican II and of the post-conciliar Magisterium from John XXIII…
Saint John XXIII – the Mariology of the good pope: Mater et magistra, pacem in terris, aeterna dei
The Mariology of Saint John XXIII (1958-1963): the Marian texts of the encyclicals Mater et Magistra (1961), Pacem in Terris (1963), and…
Clement XI – Commissi Nobis (1708): The Feast of the Immaculate Made Obligatory throughout the Church (Doctrina Pontificia IV, n. 204)
The Bull Commissi Nobis (Clement XI, December 6, 1708): the decision that made the feast of the Immaculate Conception of December 8 obligatory…
Pius IV and the Tridentine Profession of Faith – Bull Iniunctum Nobis (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 166-167)
The Bull Iniunctum Nobis (Pius IV, 1564) publishes the Tridentine Profession of Faith with an obligatory Marian clause: the veneration of Mary…
Honorius III, Gregory IX, and the First Documents on the Rosary (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 122-131)
The popes of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and the first pontifical documents on the Rosary: from Urban IV (1261) to the Second…
Stabat Mater – The Liturgical Sequence Approved by Pius IX (Doctrina Pontificia IV, n. 320)
The Stabat Mater and the 1876 decree of Pius IX approving it as the official liturgical sequence of the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. History…
Leo XIII – Superiore Anno (1884): The Rosary as a Compendium of the Gospel (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 342-351)
The encyclical Superiore Anno (Leo XIII, 1884): the Rosary as a compendium of the Gospel and a prayer for social peace, with the three groups…
Leo XIII – Octobri mense (1891): Mary, Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of All Graces (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 372-388)
The encyclical Octobri mense (Leo XIII, 1891): the greatest Marian encyclical of the nineteenth century, with the doctrine of Mary’s…
Benedict XIII and Clement XII – the Rosary and Marian devotion in the eighteenth century (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 205-208)
The Marian documents of the popes Benedict XIII (a Dominican, the pope of the meditated Rosary) and Clement XII (1724-1740): the Rosary as a…
Leo XIII – Supremi apostolatus (1883): the first encyclical on the Rosary and the month of October (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 326-338).
The encyclical Supremi Apostolatus (Leo XIII, 1883): the inauguration of the month of October as the month of the Rosary, the argument of…
Boniface IX, Martin V, and Eugene IV – Mary in the Great Western Schism
The Marian documents of the popes of the Great Western Schism (1389-1447): Boniface IX, Martin V, and Eugene IV. Devotion to Mary as a thread…
The Council of Trent and the Marian Counter-Reformation – privileges, Queenship, and the cult of Mary (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 161-165)
The Marian texts of the Council of Trent (1545-1563): the exclusion of Mary from the decree on original sin, the singular privilege of grace…
Paul III and the Marian feasts of the Breviary of Quiñones – hymns to Mary (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 152-160)
The Marian documents of Paul III (1534-1549): the approval of the Breviarium of Quiñones with renewed Marian feasts and three beautiful hymns…
Pius IX – The Road to Ineffabilis Deus (1846-1854) – Preparatory Documents (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 258-268)
The documents of Pius IX before the Ineffabilis Deus (1846-1854): the encyclical Ubi primum with its universal consultation of the bishops, the…
Leo XIII – The Pope of the Rosary: Thirteen Marian Encyclicals (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 323-480)
The sixty-six Marian documents of Leo XIII (1878-1903): the thirteen encyclicals on the Rosary, the month of October, the doctrine of…
Pius VIII and Gregory XVI – Prelude to the Immaculate Conception (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 254-257)
The pontificates of Pius VIII and Gregory XVI (1829-1846): the immediate prelude to the definition of the Immaculate Conception, with documents…
Pius VII and Leo XII – Mariology in the Post-Napoleonic Restoration
The pontificates of Pius VII and Leo XII in the post-Napoleonic Restoration: seventeen Marian documents of Pius VII that rebuilt devotion to…
Benedict XIV and the Bull Gloriosae Dominae (1748) – Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 209-220)
The golden Bull Gloriosae Dominae (Benedict XIV, 1748): the Marian summa of the eighteenth century, with the doctrine of Mary’s universal…
Clement XIII, XIV, and Pius VI – Mariology in the Enlightenment and the French Revolution (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 221-231)
The popes of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution: Clement XIII, Clement XIV, and Pius VI defend Marian devotion against the…
Urban VIII, Innocent X, and Alexander VII – the Queenship of Mary and the Immaculate Conception
The popes Urban VIII, Innocent X, and Alexander VII in the seventeenth century: the doctrine of the Queenship of Mary, the fight against…
Clement IX to Clement XI – the Rosary, the Immaculate Conception, and Marian devotion (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 194-204)
From Clement IX to Clement XI (1667-1721): the Baroque popes and the fight against Jansenism, with documents on the Rosary, the Immaculate…
Sixtus V, Clement VIII, and Paul V – post-Tridentine Marian liturgy (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 176-183)
The popes Sixtus V, Clement VIII, and Paul V consolidate the post-Tridentine Marian liturgy: feasts of Mary, confraternities of the Rosary, and…
Gregory XIII and the universal Rosary – Monet Apostolus (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 171-175)
The documents of Gregory XIII (1572-1585) that consolidated the Rosary as a universal devotion: the Bull "Monet Apostolus" (1573), the…
Alexander VII – Sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum and the Immaculate Conception (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 190-193)
The Apostolic Constitution Sollicitudo omnium Ecclesiarum (Alexander VII, December 8, 1661): the decisive landmark between Sixtus IV and Pius…
Popes of the Thirteenth-Fifteenth Centuries: rosary, scapular, and the Immaculate Conception (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 122-143)
From Innocent IV to the Council of Florence: the birth of the Rosary, the Carmelite Scapular, the controversy over the Immaculate Conception…
Saint Pius V and the Rosary of Lepanto – Consueverunt Romani Pontifices (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 168-170)
The three Marian documents of Saint Pius V: the magna carta of the Rosary (1569), the Battle of Lepanto (1571), and the institution of the…
Saint Gregory II, III and the Second Council of Nicaea – the cult of Mary and images (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 62-97)
Popes Gregory II and Gregory III, and the Second Council of Nicaea (787), defend the legitimate cult of images of Mary, distinguishing…
Medieval popes: Leo IX to Innocent III – scholastic Mariology (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 100-121)
From Saint Leo IX to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) and Innocent III: medieval Mariology in 22 documents, from professions of faith to…
The Eleventh Council of Toledo and Constantinople III – Theotokos Aeiparthenos (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 48-60)
The Eleventh Council of Toledo (675) and the Third Council of Constantinople (680-681) consolidate the title Theotokos kai Aeiparthenos: Mary…
Popes of the Fifth-Sixth Centuries – Mary Mother of God and Ever-Virgin (Doctrina Pontificia IV, nn. 30-43)
Gelasius I, Symmachus, John II, Vigilius, and Honorius I consolidate the Ephesian doctrine of Mary, Theotokos and Ever-Virgin, with the theme…