O Virgin most pure, wholly unspotted, O Mary, Mother of God, Queen of the universe, you are above all saints, the hope of the elect and the joy of all the blessed. It is you who have reconciled us ...

O Mary, recall the solemn moment when Jesus, your divine son, dying on the cross, confided us to your maternal care. You are our mother, we desire ever to remain your devout children. let us ...

“The Pope loves Mother Mary,” she said ... the faithful once again turn to this ancient prayer for strength, healing, and divine intercession.

A Michigan teen might hold the key to sainthood for the Blessed Solanus Casey, the Capuchin friar who worked at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit.

Her mother started a novena, a nine-day period of prayer to ask for Casey's intercession ... details about the Bartold family's report of Mary's healing, which the church refers to as a "favor ...