“If you get the mother right, then you get Jesus right, and you get the Church right.” That, Dr Mark Miravalle told The Irish Catholic, is why Mary matters so much to Catholic theology. It is a conviction he has spent most of his academic life studying and defending. Dr Miravalle is an American theologian…
Understanding Mary: doctrine, devotion and the place of Our Lady in Catholic faith
The mosaic depicting the Apparition at Knock. Photo: Knock Shrine.

