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Scott's Catholicism Blog August 2007 Archive

By Scott P. Richert, About.com Guide to Catholicism

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Wednesday August 15, 2007
Today, we celebrate the chief Marian feast in the Catholic liturgical calendar: the Assumption of Mary. Defined as a dogma of the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1950, ... Read More
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