Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

On August 22nd, Catholics worldwide celebrate an extraordinary coronation – not of an earthly monarch, but of a humble girl from Nazareth who became the Queen of Heaven and Earth.  The Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a relatively recent addition to the Catholic calendar, established in 1954 by Pope Pius XII.  But why would the Church crown the mother of Jesus as a queen?  Click HERE to learn why.