"Pope Francis has decreed that 'the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church,' should be inscribed in the Roman Calendar on the Monday after Pentecost and be celebrated every year in churches throughout the world...

The decree, signed by the two Vatican prelates, said 'the joyous veneration' given to the Mother of God by the contemporary church 'in the light of reflection on the mystery of Christ and on his nature' cannot ignore 'the Virgin Mary, who is both the Mother of Christ and Mother of the Church.' ...”

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