I write regarding the May 18 article “Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary.” The Associated Press article in the Maine Sunday Telegram, about the Virgin Mary, gave a good ...

Luke’s gospel follows Matthew when in chapter 2.27 he names Mary as a virgin. However, controversy surrounds the translation of this phrase from the original Hebrew Bible into the Greek Septuagint.

One Mary, a myriad titles According to the Gospel, Mary is the mother of Jesus — and the mystery of the incarnation of the son of God through her is central to Christian dogma.

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful.

Since the 19th century, May has been devoted to the Virgin Mary — though already in Greek and Roman times, goddesses of fertility were celebrated in this month of springtime blooming, she added.

The House of the Virgin Mary is a house of obedience. In that particular visit to Ephesus, I obeyed the voice of God that prompted me to silently put my mother Candida on a video call.

The statue of Mary itself is to be 133.2-feet high, sitting atop a pedestal in the form of a 50-foot-high crown.