This title honouring mary appears in early Christian history.  In return for financial assistance in renovating the church of St. Mary Major in Rome, Pope Sixtus III (432-440) granted land to the people of Genazzano, Italy.  Eventually, a church consecrated to Our Lady of Good Counsel was built there and...

This is the ancient title for the feast celebrating the Incarnation of the Word.  This feast is a joint celebration of Christ and the Blessed Virgin: the Word who becomes the Son of Mary and the virgin who becomes the Mother of God. In the universal Church, this liturgy celebrates...