"Mary’s destiny as Virgin and Mother continues to project a light upon that which the Creator intended for women of every age [...] through her virginity and her motherhood, the mystery of woman receives a very lofty destiny from which she cannot be torn away [...] As a creature of courage and obedience she was and still is an example to which every Christian — man and woman — can and should look."
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Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), Mariam Sanctissimam declaramus Matrem Ecclesiae (1975)
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