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The World Day of Peace is an annual celebration by the Catholic Church, dedicated to universal peace, held on 1 January, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Pope Paul VI established it in 1967, being inspired by the encyclical Pacem in Terris of Pope John XXIII and with reference to his own encyclical Populorum Progressio. The day was first ...
Mary, Queen of Scots had married Francis II of France at Notre-Dame de Paris on 24 April 1558, [3] and, after his death, she returned to Scotland to rule in person in September 1561. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley , who had been brought up in England, was the son of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox and Lady Margaret Douglas , and a grandson of ...
1 January: Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God; 6 January: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord; 19 March: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Thursday of the sixth week of Eastertide: Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord; Thursday after Trinity Sunday: Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ...
The 1969 revision of the liturgical year and the calendar in the Roman Rite states: “1 January, the Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord, is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and also the commemoration of the conferral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.” [18] [19] It deleted the 11 October feast, even for Portugal, stating ...
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart [3] or Mary I of Scotland, [4] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland , Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
Over 50 encrypted letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, have been deciphered, revealing the ill-fated monarch’s meditations on a wide variety of subjects. ... who later became king, while she ...
Solemnity Notes about date 1 January The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Mother of God: Octave of Christmas, Circumcision of the Lord, New Year's Day 6 January Epiphany of the Lord: Where not a holy day of obligation, transferred to the Sunday between 2 and 8 January, inclusive 19 March Saint Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary Queen of Scots expert John Guy, who wrote the 2004 biography of Mary Queen of Scots, said this is the most significant find about Mary for a century. He said: “This discovery is a literary ...