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Mary: the Morning Star

At the Vatican Observatory at Castel Gandolfo, two Jesuit fathers, during their astronomical observations, discovered a new planet in the firmament. In a similar way, theologians rediscovered the beauty and importance of Mary,  “stella matutina,” as she is called in the Litany of Loreto. [1]