The Marian devotion of Pope Francis April 24, 2025By Robert Fastiggi OSV News Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Pope Francis must be remembered for his deep Marian piety. In speaking to a group of young people in Rome on June 29, 2014 — the Solemnity of St. Peter and Paul — he famously said: “A Christian without the Madonna is an orphan.”
Mary: The perfect Lenten companion March 7, 2025By Robert Fastiggi OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent In celebrating Lent and in every season of the liturgical year, it is good to recall the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, that the “Church honors with special love the Blessed Mary, Mother of God, who is joined by an inseparable bond to the saving work of her Son.”
Twelve questions answered about Mary May 7, 2024By Robert Fastiggi OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Robert Fastiggi, a professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and former president of the Mariological Society of America, answers common questions about Mary to help readers more fully understand the church’s teachings regarding the Virgin Mary and why she is truly the “cause of our joy.”
