The liturgical year of the Roman Catholic church is often referred to as the Year of Grace, meaning that people should celebrate their unbounded love of God at all times in all places. The year begins ...

132 The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as "full of grace". 133 In fact, in order for Mary to be able to give the free assent of her faith to the announcement of her ...

During this year, called the Pilgrimage of Hope, the Catholic Church offers special ... a special form of grace that removes all temporal punishment for sin, freeing the soul from the need to ...