Joseph Pronechen

As Benedict XVI told priests and seminarians at the cathedral in Bressanone, Italy, in August 2008, ‘on the basis of the cathedral’s beauty, we succeed in visibly proclaiming God, Christ and all his mysteries.’

Endorsed by Cardinal Sean O’Malley and Jonathan Roumie, Father Willy Raymond’s new book on praying the Rosary will enrich the faith lives of families and individuals alike.

Covington, Kentucky, cathedral-basilica honors the Blessed Mother and her solemnity — and its interior and exterior reflects some famous Paris churches.

‘The message imparted by the Holy Door is that God’s mercy reaches out to mankind’s frailty.’

‘She taught us the way to peace of heart,’ says Father Joseph Mary Wolfe, chaplain and chapel dean for EWTN.

‘It is the message of Fatima,’ Bishop John Shojiro Ito, who formally approved the 1973 Marian apparitions, told the Japanese nun, who died this month.

‘A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.’ (Revelation 12:1)

St. Peter’s Basilica contains an icon of the Virgin Mary titled “Mater Ecclesiae,” which means “Mother of the Church.” / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Lady Altar in the Rosary Shrine Church of St. Dominic’s in London (photo: Father Lawrence Lew, OP)

‘We have over 100 documented cases of incredible examples of saints whose mortal bodies have not fully decayed…’