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Robert Fastiggi

Robert Fastiggi is a professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and former president of the Mariological Society of America.

The Marian devotion of Pope Francis

April 24, 2025
By 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, 2025
By 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, 2024
By 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.”

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