Dear Rev. Fathers, Religious, and People of God,
The month of August brings us two important celebrations: the Assumption of the Blessed Mother, Mary, and the Independence of our motherland. On the 15th of August, we celebrate the glorious taking up into Heaven, body and soul, of Our Blessed Mother Mary. On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII declared the doctrine of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven as a dogma of faith, saying:...