“Mary’s role in the Resurrection of Christ,” said Pope St. John Paul II, “was the completion of her mission at the Annunciation in Nazareth.” “The Gospels mention various appearances of the risen ...

(See also Pope Pius XII’s 1954 encyclical letter Ad Caeli Reginam.) The Fifth Glorious Mystery has also been part of the Church’s Tradition since the earliest times, although Pope Pius XII added it to ...