Encompassing domestic devotions and public anticlericalism, individual rites of passage and official liturgies, Catholicism has been an omnipresent reality in the life of Latin Americans. But, as one would expect, Catholicism has been lived differently by men and by women, by members of upper and...
Tending the Temple: 365 Days of Spiritual and Physical Devotions Tending the Temple Product Description Best-selling Catholic author and speaker Kevin Vost ("Fit for Eternal Life and Memorize the Faith") takes the daily devotional to the next level: the fitness levelTogether with popular author ...
In Roman Catholicism, women as visionaries of the Virgin Mary achieve a global prestige as initiators of devotions, shrines, and large-scale movements. Ida Peerdeman (1905鈥 1996), who described visions of 'the Lady of All Nations' in Amsterdam between 1945 and 1959, is the latest seer to...
an allusion to the Incarnate Word. The works were associated with the devotions of pregnant women, praying for a safe delivery. Sometimes, as with a statue by Sansovino in the Basilica of Sant'Agostino in Rome, the depiction is of a Virgin and Child, but known as a Madonna del Parto bec...
Despite secularization, Mary still has a status in Western society and Marian devotions play a prominent role in popular religion (Romero 1993; Warner 2016). Marian titles and advocations are also widely used. The role and significance of Mary in popular Catholicism, however, is a matter of ...