the Benedictus (1:68-79), the Magnificat (1:46-55) and the Nunc Dimittis (2:29-32). Luke also provides the first half of the Hail Mary prayer in Gabriel's and Elizabeth's greetings to Mary (1:28 ...

Every time we recite the Magnificat, we become witnesses of her ... To conclude, I wish to join in the prayer of the pilgrims and the sick, and to pray with you a passage from the prayer to ...

THE spiritual writer Richard Rolle is commemorated in the Common Worship calendar on 20 January. He began and ended life in ...

While visiting the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Guida experienced “the poetry of pure contemplation, in which absence is ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday offered well-wishes to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in a traditional message sent ahead of the presidential inauguration ceremony in ...

(Photo: Collège supérieur de Lyon) In 2024, Elon Musk visited Notre Dame Cathedral and tweeted the opening words of the Magnificat in Latin, the Virgin Mary's hymn to her cousin Elizabeth.