Pope Pius XII established Aug. 22 as the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary in 1954; but Mary’s role as queen over the universal Church finds its roots in the Scriptures. At the Annunciation, the ...
Every year in mid-August, I find myself praying with the image of the Assumption. I imagine what it was like as the Blessed Mother was assumed body and soul into heaven and encountered her resurrected ...
This sketch was painted by Giacomo Tintoretto. This Artist painted from childhold [sic] with colours used in drying, upon paper or on the walls; when older, his father placed him with Titian, who, ...