Pope Francis attended an evening prayer service at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on Monday, the feast of the basilica’s dedication, which is also the feast of Our Lady of the Snows.
According to tradition, on Aug. 5, 358, Mary had the snowfall to mark the spot on Rome’s Esquiline Hill where she wanted a church built in her honor. The event is marked each Aug. 5 with flower-petal precipitation during the singing of the Gloria at Mass and again with the singing of the Magnificat at evening prayer.
See Catholic News Service’s report from Rome in the video above.
Summer Snow in Rome? Pope Explains Ancient Miracle
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On Friday, May 16, at The Church of St. Catherine of Siena on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, Bishop Whalen presided over the special annual Mass co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York, the Dominican Friars Healthcare Ministry, and the Gianna Center for Women’s Health & Fertility.
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In a joint letter, Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Bishop A. Elias Zaidan wrote to young people, "You have the capacity to organize and create change that will endure for generations to come."
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Bishop Whalen will ordain seminarians to the Diaconate at St. Joseph's Seminary on Friday, May 30, at 9 a.m.