August 15, 2017
Fatima Minute: TO BE CHRISTIAN, YOU MUST BE MARIAN
Ave Maria! Pope Francis said at Fatima this year: “To be Christian, you must be Marian.” When we don’t respond to Our Lady, we miss out on the graces of her maternal mediation,…
Pope’s favorite Virgin Mary painting gets retouched – NBC News
February 5, 2018
Pope’s favorite Virgin Mary painting gets retouched – NBC News
Ave Maria! Here is an article about the Basilica that we staff. A restoration process on the "Salus populi Romani" in St. Mary Major has just been finished. The image has been…
Crux.com: Pope’s love affair with Mary adds new chapter Saturday in Peru
February 17, 2018
Crux.com: Pope’s love affair with Mary adds new chapter Saturday in Peru
Ave Maria! In this article from crux.com, Vatican correspondent Inés San Martín describes the intensely Marian celebration at Trujillo, Peru, where Pope Francis linked honoring Mary with protecting women today from violence. Ms. San Martín…
February 27, 2018
In Humility, We See Truth – Feb 27 – Homily – Fr Alan
Christ teaches humility, the foundational virtue on which the life of sanctity rests. Humility helps us to acknowledge the truth about God and about our self, without putting up false fronts for…
Vatican News: Pope institutes new celebration of Mary, Mother of Church
Ave Maria! In an act of Marian devotion, Pope Francis has put the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, into the Roman Calendar, requiring that it be celebrated in the Church's liturgy…
Pope Francis makes rosary pilgrimage for peace in Syria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHxTX4i51K8 Ave Maria! On May 1st, Pope Francis led a rosary pilgrimage interceding for peace in Syria and around the world. He urged Catholics to pray the Rosary for peace throughout May. Pope…
Pope Francis: The Church, like Mary, is woman and mother – Vatican News
Ave Maria! For the first time in history, today the Virgin Mary has been celebrated as Mother of the Church in an Obligatory Memorial throughout the Universal Church. Pope Francis took the opportunity…
August 27, 2018
Confronting Vigano Expose, Homosexual Network: The Monica Method – Aug 27 – Homily – Fr Alan
On the memorial of St. Monica (Aug 27), Fr. Alan explains in the homily how, in the midst of Archbishop Viganò's exposé of a homosexual network in the Church, and the renewed…