Mariology of the popes
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The Mariology of the popes is the theological study of the influence that the popes have had on the development, formulation and transformation of the Roman Catholic Church's doctrines and devotions r
Pius IX dogmatized the Immaculate Conception in 1854. (Murillo, The Immaculate Conception of El Escorial, 1660–1665)
Pope Leo XIII
Leo XIII was devoted to Our Lady of Good Counsel, and included her invocation in the Litany of Loreto. This image is by Pasquale Sarullo, the original being in Genazzano, near Rome. Pius XII also placed his pontificate under the maternal care of Our Lady of Good Counsel and composed a prayer to her.
Pope Pius XII
Pope Paul VI
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Pope Paul VI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council, which he
Mariology of the popes
…familiarizes us with and reconciles us to the idea that the Lord will be present in our death agony, to gather up into his hands our immortal soul." Pope Paul VI (1963–1978) attempted to present the Marian teachings of the Church in view of her new ecumenical orientation. In his inaugural encyclical Ecclesiam…
Official portrait, 1969
Papa Paolo VI
Montini on the day of his ordination, 1920
Montini alongside Pope Pius XII during his service at the Secretariat of State