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Vaticano_Mater_Ecclesiae. Deutsch: Darstellung Marias mit dem Kind an einer Fassade des Apostolischen Palastes in Rom; Bildunterschriften: "totus tuus" (lat., "ganz dein") und "Mater Ecclesiae" (lat., "Mutter der Kirche"); Wappen: Papstwappen Johannes Pauls II., das "M" steht für "Maria"... Date: May 2008. Author: Johannes Joas; cropped & shifted by Rabanus Flavus. ... Public domain I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain.
Vatican News, June 9, 2025
The Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, reminds us how Jesus Himself, through an act of entrusting, willed that the divine maternity be extended to all men and women, that is, to the Church herself. In 2018, Pope Francis established the Monday after the Solemnity of Pentecost, the day on which the Church was born, as the date for this memorial.
The title is not a new one. In 1980, Saint John Paul II, invited the faithful to venerate Mary as Mother of the Church. Even before that, on 21 November 1964, Saint Paul VI, on the conclusion of the third Session of the Second Vatican Council declared Mary as the “Mother of the Church”. And in 1975, the Holy See proposed a votive Mass in honour of the Mother of the Church, without it becoming a memorial on the liturgical calendar. …
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