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Mary in the News: Aug. 24, 2020
By Michael Duricy
Marian Library and International Marian Research Institute Features
Updates
Father Brian Taylor, IMRI graduate and MSA member, Appointed to Vatican Congregation
At the request of the Holy See, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has released a priest of the New York archdiocese, Father Brian Taylor, for a five-year appointment at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican....
Mary in Media: Books, Films, Music, etc.
Newest Issue of the Radio Maria USA Newsletter Now Available
The August 2020 Newsletter of Radio Maria USA is available to view free online [requires Adobe Acrobat Reader].
Marian Events
Title: Symposium to honor Cardinal Leo Scheffczyk's 100th Birthday
Theme: Carolingian Mariology
Date: September 14-18, 2020
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
MSA member, FatherEmery De Gaal, will attend a conference in September 2020 in Lugano, Switzerland, honoring the legacy of Leo Cardinal Scheffczyk (1920-2005), the premier German Mariologist between 1960 and 2005. Father Emery will speak on his epochal treatment of Carolingian Mariology.
Mary in the Catholic Press
Mary, Our Refuge in Most Difficult Moments, Says Pope on Memorial of Mary's Queenship (Zenit), August 22, 2018
The Blessed Virgin Mary is a "refuge in the most difficult moments." Pope Francis gave this powerful reminder on August 22, 2018, on the Feast Day of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Toward the end of the General Audience held in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall today, the Holy Father, as usual, offered some special words to young people, the elderly, the sick and newlyweds. “May the Mother of God be your refuge in the most difficult moments and may she teach you to love her Son with the tenderness and exclusivity with which she loved Him," he prayed.
Mary in the Secular Press
INTERVIEW: ‘Hail Mary – Our Lady of Help’ (ahramonline) August 22, 2020
Anthropologist Nahla Emam says Egyptians' celebration of the Assumption of Virgin Mary is part of a wider cross-religion love of El-Adra.
"When we talk about the Virgin Mary in Egypt, we are talking about miracles, we are talking about faith, both of Copts and of Muslims. We are talking about prayers and appeals for blessings, and above all, we are talking about a true and enduring love that keeps manifesting itself in so many ways," said anthropologist, Nahla Emam.
Emam is a professor of habits, beliefs, and traditional knowledge at the High Institute of Folklore, the Academy of Art. For over a year, Emam has been researching the topic of Coptic faith in miracles....