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Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov's Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene (1835). / null

Here’s when Easter 2024 Officially Ends

Apr 4, 2024

Easter lasts for a total of 50 days, from Easter Sunday until the feast of Pentecost.

Mary. Artist Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Museu da Casa Brasileira. | Wikimedia Commons.

Why the Queenship of Mary matters

Aug 22, 2023

The Catholic Church annually celebrates the feast of the Queenship of Mary on Aug. 22. I would imagine that most people, upon hearing of this celebration, would think of it as something rather sweet and sentimental, a quaint devotion for grandmothers with a taste for saccharine spirituality.