The former prefect of the papal household and longtime personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI drew deeply on the late ...

Some Protestants and even groups within the Catholic Church, both openly and indirectly, deny the dogma of the virginity of ...

The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith granted a “nihil obstat” — that is, nothing stands in the way — of Marian devotion surrounding the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary on Mount ...

The letter recognizes the pastoral value of the phenomenon and authorizes public worship without commenting on the supernatural authenticity of the apparitions. The Vatican recognizes the pastoral ...