Feast of the Queenship of Mary

‘Radiant Eminence’: The Queenship of Mary

Photo I took of a painting in Lisboa As Jesus is the last and greatest king of the line of David, so like other Davidic kings, His mother is His queen. And since Christ rules eternally in heaven, by a special grace, Mary — though a creature, not divine — is also the eternal queen....

Feast of the Queenship of Mary

In this feast, particularly cherished by the Popes of modern times, we celebrate Mary as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Pope Pius XII in the Papal Encyclical Ad Coeli Reginam proposed the traditional doctrine on the Queenship of Mary and established this feast for the Universal Church. Pope Pius IX said of Mary's queenship: "Turning her maternal Heart toward us and dealing with the affair of our salvation, she is concerned with the whole human r…

Memorial of the Queenship of Mary

The Queenship of Mary is an important concept in the Catholic Church that celebrates Mary as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. This idea has been particularly cherished by modern popes, who have contributed to its development and celebration. Pope Pius XII was instrumental in establishing the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary as a feast for the Universal Church. In his Papal Encyclical Ad Coeli Reginam, he proposed the traditional doctrine on Mary’…

Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth

A blessed memorial of the Queenship of Mary, – as queen of heaven and earth, of angels and men. Although the Church has always celebrated the glories of the Mother of God, this feast was formally instituted by Pope Pius XII on October 11, 1954, in his encyclical Ad Coeli Reginam, four years after his own proclamation of the Assumption of Mary into heaven, body and soul (Munifecentissimus Deus, Novemeber 1, 1950); and one hundred years after his …