My grandmother wore one. My lovely bride wears one. I carry one in my shirt pocket. Once they were almost ubiquitous in the Catholic world, so common that I would see them peeking from the necks of ...

The gift of a scapular is not your standard expression of affection – even in my otherwise Catholic household – but then, the 30-year relationship between the late Pope John Paul II and the ...

According to tradition, the scapular, as it is now known, was given by the Virgin Mary herself to St. Simon Stock on July 16, 1251. A window at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in ...

There’s no better day than the July 16 feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to recall the hope and promise in the Brown Scapular. By Joseph Pronechen. There’s a frequently republished photo of a young ...

MANILA, Philippines - A Church official has a message for Filipino Catholics who are fond of wearing scapulars and medals: these are not magical objects. Monsignor Alejandro Esperancilla, special ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. MANILA, Philippines - Scapulars, the brown length of cloth worn to show affiliation with a religious order, are not ...