Lima, Peru, Jan 20, 2018 / 14:42 pm
If we're confused, facing difficulties, or struggling with sin, we can look to Mary to help guide us to the arms of her Son, Pope Francis said Saturday during a Marian celebration in Trujillo, Peru.
Quoting a homily by St. Bernard, the Pope said: "You who feel far away from terra firma, dragged down by the waves of this world, in the midst of storms and tempests: look to the Star and call upon Mary."
"She shows us the way home. She brings us to Jesus, who is the Gate of Mercy," he said Jan. 20.
The Pope also drew attention to a "scourge" of violence against women, decrying "many situations of violence that are kept quiet behind so many walls."