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Pope Francis prays in front of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 13. The statue, which was present for the May 13 feast of Our Lady of Fatima, is a copy of the original in Fatima, Portugal. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, pool) 
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Jacinta and Francisco will be the youngest children ever to be recognized as saints by the church.
Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, O.P., Ph.D (photo provided)
FaithInterviews
Sean Salai
“Who is Mary, what is her role in my life and what could I do to get to know her better?”
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Everything that she was, formed who he became.
(iStock photo)
FaithThe Word
Michael Simone, S.J.
Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Lk 2:19)
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Whatever else the virgin birth may be, it doesn’t represent the domestication of the divine.
A firefighter places a wreath at the foot of a tall statue of Mary overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Rome's firefighters have observed the tradition every year since 1857. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The pope appealed to Our Lady to teach people to care for others “without egoistic interests or hypocrisy.”