VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has approved the inclusion of three additional invocations in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Litany of Loreto. In a June 20 letter to the ...

For centuries, Catholics have recited these titles of Mary in the Litany of Loreto prayer ... the state of a soul such as that of the Blessed Virgin, which has never sinned, and a soul, however ...

Pope Francis has approved the inclusion of three additional invocations in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Litany of Loreto. In a June 20 letter to the presidents of bishops ...