And so we begin our Catholic way of understanding new year by just thanking God for Jesus' mother,Mary.

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The pope will remain in Turkey for the rest of the week, visiting Ephesus, the site of a shrine where Mary, mother of Jesus, is believed to have lived out her final days, and Istanbul.

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In modern Italy, one feminine deity is venerated above the rest: Mary, the mother of Jesus.

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Catholics revere Mary, the mother of Jesus, and church history is replete with female saints who struggled and died for the faith.

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